Two sisters, both with Master’s degrees in Business Administration and one suffering from brain cancer created a revolutionary way to understand caregiving. Renee Fry-Hawker, the survivor of the brain cancer treatment, and her sister Julie Fry are developing an app to help caregivers in their search for care advice and ways to locate services within […]
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Nursing Home Alternatives: Can an Old Dog Really Learn New Tricks? One of the newest forms of retirement homes and skilled nursing centers comes in an unexpected location – college campuses. These communities are formed on the basis of a relationship with a college campus and provide benefits such as offering special short courses run […]
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Bed Sores Biggest Factor In Hospital Readmittance Based off of a recent study, bed sores (a/k/a pressure sores) seem to be the best indicator if a given nursing home will have to send residents back to the hospital. These published findings show that among other factors of quality control, bed sores have the most direct […]
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Falling Leading Concern for Elderly Have you ever helped an elderly person walk across the room? Did you notice how long it took for them to make that short walk? Did you notice how carefully they walked and how much they relied on you for help? Elderly people are very concerned about falling because they […]
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Nursing Home Report Card: Golden Living Center – Hagerstown Receives 14 Health Deficiencies in 2013 Survey Golden Living Center – Hagerstown has been ranked as an average facility by the federal government. However, in its most recent survey conducted on January 13, 2013 state investigators issued 14 health deficiencies against the facility which is twice […]
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Golden Living Center – Frederick Cited by the State for 14 Health Deficiencies in 2013 Survey Golden Living Center – Frederick is a below average facility and earned a 1 star overall rating according to the federal government. And, it did nothing to improve upon its 1 star rating during its most recent state survey […]
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2013 State Survey Confirms Golden Living Center- Westminster Remains a “Much Below Average” Facility Golden Living Center – Westminster located in Westminster, Maryland is a much below average facility according to the federal government website, Nursing Home Compare. This 1 star facility did nothing to improve upon its low rating during its September 2013 state […]
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