HealthGrades - Information on Hospitals, Doctors and Nursing Homes
Grades the performance of hospitals, physicians, health plans, nursing homes and other health care providers in the United States.
site: http://www.healthgrades.com/

HealthGrades - Information on Hospitals, Doctors and Nursing Homes
... on top hospitals, hospital ratings by surgery type, and additional information. Nursing Home Reports include: ratings ...
site: http://www.healthgrades.com/default.cfm

Delta Society
A national registrar. Training and screening for people who want to visit hospitals, nursing homes, and other facilities with their animals.
site: http://www.deltasociety.org/

Venezuela's CITGO to Provide Cheap Gas for U.S. Hospitals, Nursing ...
More details provided on Chavez's offer to help U.S. poor Venezuela's CITGO to Provide Cheap Gas for U.S. Hospitals, Nursing Homes and Schools ...
site: http://www.venezuelanalysis.com/news.php?newsno=1738

Pleasant Care & Emmanuel Convalescent Hospitals and Nursing Homes ...
Pleasant Care and Emmanuel Convalescent Hospitals and Nursing Homes provides convalescent, rehabilitation, long-term care and promotes quality ...
site: http://www.pleasantcare.com/

Comments and suggestions regarding this document should be submitted ...
Guidance for Hospitals, Nursing Homes, and Other Health Care Facilities...
site: http://www.fda.gov/cder/guidance/4341fnl.htm

Office of Health Facility Complaints, Filing a Complaint
... must relate to licensed facilities (hospitals, nursing homes, boarding care homes, supervised living facilities, assistied living and home ...
site: http://www.health.state.mn.us/divs/fpc/ohfcinfo/filecomp.htm

NPR : New Bug Hits the Public, But Antibiotics Should Help
The bug was previously confined to hospitals and nursing homes, then had spread to prisons, sports teams and other germy environments.
site: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5658968&ft=1&f=1001

DermaRite Industries is a manufacturer of quality and cost effective ...
Dermarite Industries is a leading manufacturer of personal, skin care, wound, and health care products and solutions for nursing homes and ...
site: http://www.dermarite.com/

American Red Cross -- Community Services -- ...
... animal bond to improve the quality of life for people living in nursing homes and juvenile detention centers.
site: http://www.redcross.org/more/commserv/hosp.html

Partnering with hospitals for subacute care - nursing homes
Joint ventures come in many forms. Here's a guide to choosing the "right" one As nursing homes move toward subacute care, they are finding opportunities ...... (Continue Reading)

Study: home hospice better than nursing homes in end-of-life care
When researchers asked families to rate the care deceased loved ones received from their last provider, more than 70% considered home hospice services ...... (Continue Reading)

Hospitals, nursing homes need pre-incident plans
As the U.S. population ages, more people are moving into nursing homes. When this trend first began to accelerate in the 1960s and 1970s, several large ...... (Continue Reading)

A new image for long-term care: the professional liability crisis affecting nursing homes threatens to make long-term care ownership a bad bet for hospitals
Here's a true story. A 93-year-old woman who had been living in a nursing home for five years was admitted to the hospital and died of dehydration. (a) Inquiries into the cause of death found that... (Continue Reading)

Home from home: residents' opinions of nursing homes and long-stay wards
Objective: to compare the levels of satisfaction expressed by residents of nursing homes with those of patients in geriatric long-stay wards. Design: a ...... (Continue Reading)

Long-term care 2002: what next? A Nursing Homes/long term care management panel discussion - Industry Overview - Panel Discussion
While 2002 hasn't exactly been a banner year for the long-term care field, there have been hints of better times ahead. A very busy Congress has found ...... (Continue Reading)

Gift shops: do they have a place? Nursing homes can enjoy the same benefits hospitals have experienced for years - Feature Article
the concept of a gift shop in any type of extended-care facility has always been one that raises more questions than answers. In the minds of many administrators, ...... (Continue Reading)

HHS releases comparative data on nursing homes in six states - Updata - Health and Human Services - Brief Article
HHS has released data from a six-state pilot project of the Nursing Home Quality Initiative, a program aimed at providing consumers with access to comparative ...... (Continue Reading)

Variations in hospitalization rates among nursing home residents: the role of discretionary hospitalizations - Methods - Illustration
Objective. To examine variations in hospitalization rates among nursing home residents associated with discretionary hospitalization practices.... (Continue Reading)

AAHSA urges background checks for nursing home employees - Recent Health Care Developments - American Association of Homes and Services for the Aging -
The American Association of Homes and Services for the Aging (AAHSA) recently urged the development of a national system enabling nursing facilities ...... (Continue Reading)