All of the homes shown received 5 stars, the highest overall rating, from the federal government's Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.  A facility's overall rating is geared to its performance in health inspections, nurse staffing, and medical care. Homes are ranked in tiers according to their star ratings in the three individual areas. Within each tier, the order is…

Almost 90 percent say they are satisfied with the long-term care in their nursing home

March 27, 2012 - As loved ones age and face challenges that prevent them from living on their own, family members often struggle with the decision to place their relatives in nursing homes. Sometimes viewed as last alternatives, long-term care facilities can have reputations as hopeless, institutionalized environments. A survey in Missouri, however, has found that…

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Updated: Saturday, 28 Jan 2012, 12:01 AM EST Published : Friday, 27 Jan 2012, 5:51 PM EST

by Kevin Milliken,  FOX Toledo News reporter

 12:58 PM, Dec. 28, 2011 | Comments A A By Jennifer Hewlett, Lexington Herald-Leader  USA Today nation LEXINGTON, Ky. (WTW)

During lunchtime at Mayfair Manor, Jack Sanders makes his way around the nursing home's dining hall, placing bibs on tables or around people's necks and giving each diner a squirt of hand sanitizer. It's a daily routine for him." I think washing hands has helped keep down communicable diseases," Sanders said. If a resident in a wheelchair needs to be pushed back…

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The decision by nursing homes whether or not to treat an ill resident on-site or send them to a hospital are often linked to that person's insurance status. A new study out this month shows that on average individuals enrolled in Medicaid are 27 percent more likely to be sent to the hospital than individuals with private insurance – decisions that often result in higher costs of care and poor health outcomes.

Friday, November 11, 2011

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HEARTH Shirlie Decostanza, from left, Evelyn Locicero and Marie Rachel at Green Hill Retirement Community.

By LAURIE TARKAN

Published: October 31, 2011   

October 31, 2011

Gov. Jerry Brown

(D-CA)…

It's an all too common scenario in U.S. nursing homes a 90-year-old resident with moderately advanced Alzheimer's disease, congestive heart failure with severe left-ventricular…