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Closure of nursing home confirmed (BBC News) The closure of a nursing home in East Sussex which provides palliative care is confirmed by its board of directors. Exclusive: Most sex offenders in nursing homes aren't registered (Chicago Tribune) Under Illinois law, families researching nursing homes are directed to search a state police Web site for critical information about sex offenders living in the facilities. But only 59 of the 192 sex offenders in Illinois nursing homes -- or less than one in three -- were listed on that online state registry, a Tribune investigation found. The shortfall is especially acute in Chicago ... State police sweeps removing sex offenders and ex-convicts from nursing homes were halted in 2006 (Chicago Tribune) Amid reports that elderly and disabled residents were being assaulted and raped in nursing facilities, a state police unit in 2001 began raiding the homes to haul out unregistered sex offenders and ex-convicts with outstanding arrest warrants for crimes ranging from armed robbery to murder. THECB awards UTHSCSA more nursing funds (High Plains Observer) The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB) has awarded the School of Nursing at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio $210,688, following a recent gift of $300,000, to train more nursing students for the workforce. Peterborough's Omni Health Care Picketed in Aurora at Willows Nursing Home (Marketwire) AURORA, ONTARIO --(Marketwire - Nov. 20, 2009) - Members of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Local 2863 will hold an information picket at Willows Nursing Home in Aurora on Monday, November 23 at 3 p.m. The CUPE members are 80 registered practical nurses, and service and support workers who are employed at Willows Estate Nursing Home. Willows Estate Nursing Home is one of 17 homes ... Tener named Director of Nursing of the Year (Clarinda Herald-Journal) Carol Tener, R.N. from Good Samaritan Society - Villisca, received IHCA/ICAL?s (Iowa Health Care Association Iowa Center for Assisted Living) highest award by being named Director of Nursing of the Year. Tener accepted her award during a Legislative Forum held at the Red Oak Good Samaritan Center on Monday, November 2. Maple Grove / State faults nursing aide who force-fed disabled woman (Pioneer Press) State health investigators have upheld a complaint of physical abuse at a Maple Grove care facility in which a nursing aide force-fed a disabled resident. Little-known Lactation Station provides space for nursing mothers (Columbia Missourian) COLUMBIA ? Linda Blockus wasn?t satisfied with the options available to nursing mothers at MU. Blockus, director of undergraduate research at MU, once saw a young mother enter a bathroom stall in Memorial Union to use her breast pump. ?If that is the best a young woman can find on campus, that is not supportive,? Blockus said. Blockus was fresh from a meeting about child care on campus and was ... Group hears how mentally ill fare in Illinois nursing homes (The State Journal-Register) CHICAGO ? Mentally ill residents of Illinois nursing homes often don?t know their rights and some are confined against their will, a lawyer with 35 years? experience in mental health law told a state task force Thursday. Kaiser Awards Scholarships To SD Nursing Students (KGTV San Diego) Nursing students at eight San Diego County colleges received scholarships of $1,000 to $2,500 from Kaiser Permanente, it was announced Thursday. |