Today's Eldercare News for July 11, 2009
How to Let Medicaid Pay for Your Long Term Care By: Shane Flait 'Medicaid Planning' has come to mean planning to transfer your assets to loved ones in order to qualify for Medicaid coverage of your long term care (LTC) costs. That's because annual nursing home costs about $75,000 nationwide and can easily eat through assets and savings. This article explains some key issues involved in arranging to let Medicaid pay for your long term care. Paying ...
MyContentBuilder - 2009-07-10 19:04:41Man Arrested Accused of West Virginia Nursing Home AbductionAlexandria police arrested a man accused of abducting a woman from a nursing home in West Virginia. Police say a man accused of abducting a woman from a nursing home in West Virginia was arrested in Alexandria. Sixty-four year-old David Mathews and 67 year-old Nancy Seals were found outside Red River Bank a week after she went missing from Valley Haven Geriatric Center in West Virginia. Both ...
KALB - 2009-07-10 19:04:34Nursing home breaks ground in Pinetop-Lakeside Sierra Blanca is located at 3401 N. Lockwood Drive, across the street from Joy's Furniture in the Maverick Center. There are five owners in the project, among them is Harvey Pelovsky, Payson resident and owner of Rim Country Health in Payson. His team, Sierra Blanca Rehabilitation LLC is also building a skilled nursing facility in Casa Grande and overseeing the construction of three other nursing ...
WMI Central - 2009-07-10 15:00:34Passaic County readies modernized nursing homePassaic County is about to make good on its $90-million promise to improve conditions at the Preakness Healthcare Center in Wayne, where a three-year renovation project is in its final stages. Construction of the new wing at the county nursing home is now finished and awaiting final safety inspection by the state. Should the building pass the inspection, residents are expected to begin moving into ...
North Jersey.com - 2009-07-10 14:11:26"Friendship Bridge" connects church family to nursing home residentsBy DAWN SCHABBING Features Writer MATTOON Pastor John Connett knows that things happen in Gods time, and not his. More than four-and-a-half years ago, he envisioned joining the properties of the East Side Nazarene Church at 2129 S. Ninth St. to the Mattoon Health Care Center, 2121 S. Ninth St., with a Friendship Bridge. Even as far back as then, residents there worshipped at East Side and nursing ...
Journal Gazette and Times Courier - 2009-07-10 07:58:07Flag Day at Greentree Assisted Living CenterThe colors are flags that show the history of a unit and at the forefront is the American Flag. The Soldiers who are a part of the color guard take pride in what they do; Sgt. Shawn Bradley felt even more pride. 'It's always an honor to do it,' said Bradley. 'Today made it special because it was Flag Day and there were veterans and even one prisoner of war. Any time you can give back to someone that ...
NewsBlaze - 2009-07-10 08:18:24Nursing homes look to the future of elderly careFacing many financial challenges affecting the services they provide to their residents, the Kingdom's nursing homes are implementing new strategies to improve the quality of life for the elderly. During a workshop held yesterday to discuss issues concerning the elderly, President of the White Beds Society (WBS) Haifa Bashir said a lack of financial resources is threatening the sustainability ...
Zawya.com - 2009-07-10 08:38:58Fewer Residents, Beds Found in Nursing HomesThe National Business Group on Health, a nonprofit association of more than 300 large U.S. employers, has released a guide to help employers reduce racial and ethnic health disparities in the workplace and improve the quality of health care for minority populations. 'Eliminating Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities: A Business Case Update for Employers,' is reportedly part of a 2-year initiative by ...
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