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Nursing home celebrates 75-year love story

Updated: Saturday, 28 Jan 2012, 12:01 AM EST Published : Friday, 27 Jan 2012, 5:51 PM EST

by Kevin Milliken, FOX Toledo News reporter

SYLVANIA, Ohio (WUPW) - The Arbors at Sylvania helped a special couple mark their birthdays this week. He’s 97 years…

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Added by LTCCareer.com on January 30, 2012 at 4:35pm — No Comments

Calif. Long-Term Care Ombudsmen Concerned With Medical Parole Law

Friday, January 20, 2012

Long-term care ombudsmen in California are raising concerns that a state law allowing paroled prison inmates to receive care at nursing homes could be putting other nursing home residents at risk, the Bay Citizen/New York Times reports (Mieszkowski, Bay Citizen/New York…

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Added by LTCCareer.com on January 20, 2012 at 11:58am — No Comments

AHCA Statement on MedPAC Recommendations for FY 2013

Claire Navaro (202) 898-6317

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

1/12/2012

Washington, DC – The following is a statement from the American Health Care Association (AHCA) President & CEO Mark Parkinson after today’s vote by the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) recommending that…

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Added by LTCCareer.com on January 15, 2012 at 4:01pm — No Comments

San Mateo Long-Term Health Care Center Faces Closure

On Thursday, San Mateo County health service officials said they plan to recommend that the county Board of Supervisors close the Burlingame Long-Term Care Center because of the nearly 49-year-old facility's age and because the county faces $9 million in state budget cuts. Read more:…

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Added by LTCCareer.com on January 12, 2012 at 3:58pm — 1 Comment