HOUSTON: An army of volunteers and students are combining to assist themselves and keep the elderly in their own homes.
College students pay no rent in exchange for spending 30 hours a month doing “the heavy lifting” around the house. Read More »
New Mexico sues nursing home chain on care, staff
SANTA FE: New Mexico’s attorney general is suing one of the nation’s largest nursing home chains over inadequate resident care, alleging that thin staffing made it numerically impossible to provide good care.
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State does about-face on video gambling at retirement home
DOLTON: Saying they messed up, state regulators have revoked a video game license from a catering company that planned to open a mini-casino in a low-income retirement home in Dolton.
The Illinois Gaming Board had awarded Giovanni’s Catering Inc. Read More »
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Death lawsuit could impact assisted living standards
APPLETON: The outcome of a lawsuit alleging negligence in the death of Delores Wiersum, who froze to death while locked outside of her Appleton assisted living home, could have a widespread impact on the senior care industry.
“The impact of this kind of lawsuit actually Read More »
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