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Ola Mae Wheeler was born in Cave Springs, Georgia on Nov. 4, 1921. She was raised there by her grandmother, Christina O’Cain ...
Cave Springs, Georgia on Nov. 4, 1921. She was raised there by her grandmother, Christina O’Cain until the age of nine. She ...
Gov. Glenn Youngkin has signed legislation into law aimed at improving care in Virginia's nursing homes by strengthening the ...
Increased investment by the state in home health care services could help people live more independently and contribute more to their communities, said those gathered Friday at the Duncansville ...
MARIETTA, Ga. — Traversing the halls of his nursing home in a wheelchair, Owen Allen listened to a visiting guitarist play “Sweet Caroline,” then chipped away at a thousand-piece puzzle in ...
Newly reported federal data shows the overwhelming majority of nursing homes in Iowa and the United States are operating with too few staff to meet residents’ basic needs. Eleven of Iowa’s 410 ...
Del. Vivian Watts (D-39th) has championed the issues of standards and adequate funding of nursing homes and assisted living facilities in Virginia for decades. She introduced her first related ...
Though Connecticut’s largest health care workers’ union has a May 19 strike deadline at 51 nursing homes, facilities already have incurred costs to prepare for a possible work stoppage ...
Since 2008, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has conducted an enhanced five-star rating system for nursing homes in the United States, with 187 facilities examined in the Palmetto State.
More elderly folks means an increased need for nursing home care. According to independent health policy research organization KFF, more than 13,600 Washington residents are living in certified ...
Major labor union 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East late Friday issued 10-day notices of strike to 15 nursing homes across Western New York. About 2,500 union workers at those 15 nursing ...
Two Buffalo nursing homes that have the same downstate investors were recently fined a total of $56,000 by the state Health Department. Safire Rehabilitation of Southtowns, located in Buffalo ...