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Happy Nursing Assistants Day! by Kathy Q. Registered Nurse

It's time to say THANKS to all the nursing assistants who help to make our days and provide such terrific care to our patients!!! Happy Nursing Assistants Day as Nursing Assistants Week begins and runs

Clearing Up Misconceptions Regarding Nursing Assistants: Balancing a Family and a Career by Kathy Q. Registered Nurse

A Guest Post from Pamelia Brown... Clearing Up Misconceptions Regarding Nursing Assistants... nurse may be more demanding than you think. Many people believe nursing assistants are women or men...

CRNA's, Nurse Practitioners, and the Texas Peer Assistance Program for Nurses by Louis Leichter Patient Expert

will frequently present a nurse with a choice: either accept a referral into TPAPN or face a report to the Texas Board of Nursing. For a nurse who actually suffers from a substance abuse or chemical dependency...

The 2011 MetLife Market Survey of Nursing Home, Assisted Living, Adult Day Services, and Home Care Costs by Bob DeMarco Patient Expert

Nursing Home, Assisted Living and Adult Day Services All Increased 4.4% or More. The annual...-term care in the U.S. According to the newly released 2011 MetLife Market Survey of Nursing Home, Assisted...

Let's not make nursing homes and assisted living Home-Like - let's make them home! by Sharon K. Brothers, MSW Healthy Living Professional

changing home. Somehow we don’t seem all that convincing when we describe our communities, assisted living or nursing home, as “home-like.” Let’s start calling them our residents’ home, and training staff...

Taka starts to take vital signs to assist nurses by Pedro M. Patient Expert

Taka takes vital signs to assist nurses Our nurse auxillary, Taka, has set up a table in the waiting area to take the vital signs of the patients. We are hoping that this will free up the nurses

Huntington Hospital Uses New Technology to Assist Nurses by Jamie C. Patient Expert

Cutting edge technology is now increasing the efficiency of nurses at Huntington Hospital in Pasadena, Calif. Nurses and other point of care workers are now able to receive all of their voice, alarm

An Assisted Living and Nursing Home Alternative? by Lisa D. Patient Expert

that said "Someday, I really want to live in a nursing home." Some seniors just need additional help with daily acitivities so an assisted living community will fit their needs just fine. Hopefully the senior...

Greater Numbers Choosing Assisted Living / CCRC Over Nursing Homes by Anthony Cirillo Patient Expert

live in nursing homes, compared to 58% who choose community settings such as assisted living or...% of the community residents had two or more hospital stays one year compared to 12% of the nursing home cohort...

Looking for an Assisted Living or Nursing Home for your Loved One Buyer Beware!!! by Bob DeMarco Patient Expert

for an Assisted Living or Nursing Home for your Loved One Buyer Beware!!! Senior-care placement... in home care companies, assisted livings, memory care communities, and nursing homes in dementia specific...

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When is It Time to Move a Loved One to Assisted Living or a Nursing Home?
to Assisted Living. Consider a "multi-level" facility that offers senior apartments, increasing levels of assistance, all the way to full skilled nursing and dementia care. This way, as more services are needed... those with dementia), multi-level assisted living facilities, skilled/nursing homes and those with full dementia care...crap

New Federal Website Can Provide Assistance in Selecting a Nursing Home
,800 nursing homes that participate in the public insurance system. The website, which is administered by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, rates nursing homes on a five-star scale. Approximately 12... to information about community-based alternatives to nursing homes. Some nursing home operators are expression...crap

Nursing Assistant with HIV
I am a Nursing Assistant that is HIV+. All of my Coworkers know and some of the families... there feelings and hurts them personally.

**DONOTDELETE** Nursing Assistant with HIV Jo... of being bitter and to help educate your co-workers. I am a Nursing student (will be in the fall...crap

Hiv+ Patient Care Giver
I've been a nursing assistant for 10 years and I love my job. It's very rewarding to help ease the anxiety of an ill person and to help people regain their independence. Three years ago, I noticed... should I continue on as a nursing assistant. There is still a lot of stigma attached to hiv and I would understand...crap

Nurses, Physician Assistants as Good as Doctors for HIV Care
A study of 68 U.S. HIV clinics found that physician assistants and nurse practitioners provided... Provided by Nurse Practitioners, Physician Assistants, and Physicians," was published in the Annals... non-specialist doctors. As part of their education and training, nurse practitioners (NPs...crap

How to tell him where he is going next?
We are getting close to get the space in this assisted living home for my FIL. Now the professionals all suggest that we tell him in some way - the positive way but he should know as he will notice... who can pick the homes or discuss it anymore. If we use the wrong word like nursing home or facility...crap

Getting Help When Considering Assisted Living Recommended
When my mother and I toured assisted living centers together to see if she wanted to move... until she needed a nursing home. Still, that experience gave me first-hand experience of a caregiver helping..., eliminated several options). Some assisted living centers are hugely expensive and offer many services...crap

New York: Health Center Closing for Good
After 12 years of providing medical and non-medical assistance for HIV/AIDS patients, Catholic Charities' Adult Day Health Care program in Freeport will close at the end of January. The demand... for medical, nursing, and nutritional care plus counseling and social activities, the program was set...crap

Will donate $ "how" (3 month test neg) can I sleep now
Dr. Bob,I will donate $100.00 to your org. if you can assist me.I had a month long relationship with a female and had unprotected sex x 2 during the time. Since we split up I have had great angsiety over HIV... at the Health Dept. say's I do not have HIV(Nurse Practitioner). My Doc. says after 3 months it over. I need...crap

Do You Know Who Your Ombudsman Is? These Advocates Offer Invaluable Help
. An ombudsman is the advocate for the residents of care homes, including nursing homes and assisted living... When we caregivers must get help with caregiving and our loved ones enter assisted living or nursing homes, we worry. How will they be without our constant oversight? The change for me wasn...crap