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August 2010 Blog Posts (37)

EMS, nursing homes fight over funds

EMS, nursing homes fight over funds…

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Added by LTCCareer.com on August 16, 2010 at 2:20pm — No Comments

NEW CAREER OPPORUNITIES:

NEW CAREER OPPORUNITIES:…

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Added by Tony Perry on August 14, 2010 at 12:13pm — 1 Comment

Merrill Gardens partners with REIT

Merrill Gardens partners with REIT on assisted living centers…

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Added by LTCCareer.com on August 14, 2010 at 11:39am — No Comments

Sun Healthcare Group, Inc. Prices Public Offering

press release…

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Added by LTCCareer.com on August 13, 2010 at 2:36pm — No Comments

At a Memory Ensemble session on Monday at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago, Frank posed as “doubt”. As the session began, Evelyn, left, described her mood as “blue.” By JESSICA REAVES Publ…

At a Memory Ensemble session on Monday at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago, Frank posed as “doubt”. As the session began, Evelyn, left, described her mood as “blue.”…

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Added by Mike Nessen on August 12, 2010 at 11:25am — No Comments

McLean Nursing Home Using Robotic Seal To Comfort Residents

McLean Nursing Home Using Robotic Seal To Comfort Residents…

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Added by LTCCareer.com on August 11, 2010 at 10:31am — No Comments

Skilled Healthcare Shoots Up on Mistrial Motion

By Vita Reed

Originally published August 9, 2010 at 9:30 a.m., updated August…

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Added by Tony Perry on August 9, 2010 at 5:31pm — No Comments

Will FMAP Make it Through the House?

Last week the Senate passed what is loosely termed a "jobs" bill that included a $16 billion appropriation to extend the ehanced Medicaid match created via the ARRA (Stimulus bill) to June 30, 2011. Without the extension of funding, states are facing a loss of the additional Medicaid matching dollars on December 31. Upon passage by the Senate, Speaker Nancy Pelosi called the House back into special session to take up the measure. The House was/is on recess through…

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Added by Reginald Hislop III on August 9, 2010 at 4:39pm — No Comments

HHS awarding $159 million in grants

HHS awarding $159 million in grants for worker training

August 09, 2010…

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Added by LTCCareer.com on August 9, 2010 at 10:30am — No Comments

New long term care information systems

Long Term Care & Nursing Home Information Systems Markets to Reach $674.9 Million by 2016…

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Added by LTCCareer.com on August 7, 2010 at 6:09pm — No Comments

Beyond “DEATH and Dying” – Managing Grief to Improve Occupancy Part 1 -- Introduction

Forty years ago, Dr. Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

wrote “On

Death and Dying” and her theories have been used ever since to help

caregivers provide support to…

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Added by Art Carr on August 6, 2010 at 5:12pm — No Comments

Enhanced FMAP Funding Moving Through the Senate

On December 31st of this year, enhancements made to the Medicaid FMAP (Federal matching dollars) via the ARRA (Stimulus or American Recovery and Reinvestment Act) are set to evaporate. In a series of bills and other legislative initiatives throughout the spring and early summer, Congress has failed to extend funding to prevent the evaporation of the additional FMAP funding. See my related posts from my blog below for more information on Medicaid, the FMAP provisions, and the legislative…

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Added by Reginald Hislop III on August 5, 2010 at 11:43am — No Comments

Dogs Make Everything Better!

Golden Retrievers Invade Pinellas County Assisted Living Facility

Regal Palms, an award-winning senior living campus in Largo, uses regular visits from the Golden Retriever Rescue of Mid-Florida as part of its Pearl Garden program designed to improve the quality of life for its residents.…

Pinellas County assisted living facliity

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Added by Mike Nessen on August 4, 2010 at 4:44pm — No Comments

New bill would update nursing home survey process

New bill would update nursing home survey process…

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Added by Tony Perry on August 3, 2010 at 2:31pm — No Comments

Long Term Care Industry Still Await EEOC Regulations

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Added by Sussman Shank LLP on August 2, 2010 at 2:14pm — No Comments

Long Term Care Industry Still Await EEOC Regulations

Prepared by:

Jeff Duncan Brecht

Attorney

Sussman Shank, LLP

503-243-1652

Long Term Care Industry and Other Employers Still Await EEOC Regulations on Law that Prohibits Employers from Considering Genetic Information In Making Workplace Decisions…

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Added by Aaron Besen on August 2, 2010 at 2:00pm — No Comments