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Healthy Differnce on Today's THV at 5: Nursing Home Costs (KTHV Little Rock) Private nursingh home costs can be very expensive. A new AARP Bulletin lists the cheapest places to live when it come to private in-home nursing home costs. Sierra Leone: Nursing School for Mabessaneh Hospital (AllAfrica.com) Management of Saint John of God Catholic Hospital popularly known as Mabessaneh Hospital in Port Loko district has started the construction of a 4-classroom nursing training school. Nursing home fix is expensive (The Sudbury Star) In 2004, then health minister George Smitherman vowed a revolution in nursing home care after being moved to tears by media reports that showed some residents were receiving a low standard of care. There has been no revolution, nor will there be, unless Ontarians are prepared to endure [...] Nursing home horrors? (London Free Press) TORONTO -- The "horror stories" about shocking conditions in the province's nursing homes have prompted Ontario's watchdog to prepare for an investigation into whether the governing Liberals are doing enough to ensure the safety and dignity of elderly residents, The CP has learned. Nursing home's moving on up Residents look forward to new, larger facility; groundbreaking set for Tuesday (Erie Times-News) Dan Tomassi's rehabilitation is almost complete, but he's reluctant to leave the Golden LivingCenter--Erie, his nursing home. "I'll definitely be putting in a job application," he said. "I like it there." Knuteson named professor of nursing at Alverno College (The Journal Times) MILWAUKEE ? Catherine Knuteson, Ph.D., RN, of Racine, has been promoted to the rank of full professor of nursing at Alverno College. As a School of Nursing faculty member, she teaches both undergraduate and graduate courses, makes clinical placement arrangements and chairs the college?s Social Interaction Ability committee. Volunteering in both professional and community groups, Knuteson ... Ombudsman ponders probe of Ontario nursing homes (The Sault Star) The "horror stories" about shocking conditions in the province's nursing homes have prompted Ontario's watchdog to prepare for an investigation into whether the governing Liberals are doing enough to ensure the safety and dignity of elderly residents, The Canadian Press has learned. Ombudsman Andre Marin said his office [...] 'Golden' standard for local nursing homes (Guelph Mercury) Eden House Nursing Home follows the Golden Rule, says administrator John Bouwmeester, who owns the 60 bed, for profit nursing home with wife Gail. There wasn't a single blemish on the Guelph area home's record in the province's recent report on long-term care homes. Feds should pay more for nursing care: Bligh (Armidale Express) Premier Anna Bligh has called on the Commonwealth Government to pay Queensland the full cost of providing acute medical care to public hospital patients who should be in nursing homes. Yakima nursing home cited for safety violation (Yakima Herald-Republic) YAKIMA -- Garden Village, a skilled nursing facility in Yakima, was recently cited for a safety violation when an inspector found the mattress in one bed was too far away from the bed rails, posing a risk that the patient could become trapped. |