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Gracedale cost challenges budgeters
Of The Morning CallContained deep inside the $330 million Northampton County budget that keeps taxes level in 2009 is a sobering fact that County Executive John Stoffa says can't be ignored. Gracedale, the county nursing home in Upper Nazareth Township, is becoming very...Tags: Budgets and Budgeting, Nazareth, Local Authority, State Budgets, Medical Services
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State officials say it's Resident Rights Week
State officials say it's Residents' Rights Week. The week is designed to draw attention to care of residents in nursing homes and long term care facilities. The Illinois Department on Aging says the observance ends next weekend on October 11th.... -
The artist paints, and he also multiplies
What makes an artist assemble 193,000 toothpicks?" PeteHilsee, spokesman for the American Visionary Art Museum, mused the other day. The Baltimore museum boasts a 16-foot scale model of the ocean liner Lusitania made with something the uninspired...Tags: Illnesses, Alabama, Leonard Slatkin, American Visionary Art Museum, Mental Illness
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Nursing home health, safety violations 'not new'
The inspection documents paint a critical picture: At Avante at Roanoke, an unannounced health and fire inspection turned up 34 deficiencies in 2007 — more than four times the national average for for-profit nursing homes. During unannounced visits...Tags: North Carolina, Government Health Care, Virginia, Medicaid, Medical Services
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Levy lashes out at union, lawmakers over budget
rick.brand@newsday.comSuffolk County Executive Steve Levy launched a doubled-barreled attack yesterday, accusing the county's largest union of "scare tactics" in radio ads and lashing out at county lawmakers for "knifing taxpayers" for killing $20-million in state aid to...Tags: Employees, Bill Lindsay, David Paterson, Steve Levy, Laws
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Miffed township won't salt road to nursing home
Stung by Schuylkill County's sale of its historic 1912 Building and surrounding property to Penn State rather than to North Manheim Township, where the property is located, township officials said they will no longer maintain the property's roads in the...Tags: Medical Services, Schuylkill County, Property
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How rowdiness led to nightmare
The Virginia GazetteA minor assault conviction from 13 years ago still haunts Sakina Brooks. She was hired in June at Eastern State Hospital as a certified nurse’s assistant. Two days later she was let go after a routine background check revealed a misdemeanor...Tags: Criminal Laws, Virginia, Laws, Crimes, Murder
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Marian McQuade dies at 91; founder of National Grandparents Day
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterMarian McQuade, an advocate of care for the elderly who founded National Grandparents Day after years of petitioning governors, members of Congress and presidents to support her cause, has died. She was 91. McQuade, who had 43 grandchildren, died...Tags: Labor Day, West Virginia, Virginia, Georgia, Jimmy Carter
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Volunteer opportunities
Volunteers are needed by agencies in Lake and Sumter counties. If you are interested in volunteering for any of the services listed below, telephone numbers and contact names are noted. Lake Eustis Institute, a center for lifelong learning, is seeking...Tags: Cancer, Eustis, Florida Hospital, People, Health Organizations
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Penn Treaty not selling policies
Of The Morning CallPenn Treaty American Corp., the Salisbury Township provider of long-term care policies, said Friday it will stop selling new policies until it raises money to meet statutory requirements. The company said it could be insolvent if it does not produce an...Tags: Pennsylvania, Sales, Insurance, Treaties, New York Stock Exchange
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Victor Cullen's new beginning
The boys of Victor Cullen watched as the men of the Baltimore Plumbers and Steamfitters union guided welding torches across metal, hot sparks raining on the floor like fireworks. It was the end of the union school tour, and the union leaders were ready to...Tags: Pennsylvania, Sexual Assault, Labor Legislation, Crimes, Frederick County (Maryland)
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Grandparents Day advocate dies
Los Angeles TimesMarian McQuade, 91, an advocate of care for the elderly who founded National Grandparents Day after years of petitioning governors, members of Congress and presidents to support her cause, has died. Mrs. McQuade, who had 43 grandchildren, died Friday of...Tags: Labor Day, West Virginia, Virginia, Jimmy Carter, People
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