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More Articles from Elder Care Information: MORE RESOURCES: Site: Yahoo! News Search Results for elder care Martins get Elder Care Specialist designations (Portsmouth Herald) EXETER - The husband and wife team of Milton T. Martin, Jr. and Edda M. Martin of Durham, NH, have successfully completed the requirements for the prestigious, nationally recognized Elder Care Specialist ® ?ECS? Credential conferred upon by the... Bill to Keep Workers with Criminal Records Out of Long-Term Care System Clears Committee (Senior Journal) Sept. 10, 2008 ? A bill aimed at preventing persons with criminal histories from working in long-term care services moved a step closer to reality yesterday. It was approved by a unanimous voice vote in the Senate Finance Committee. Franklin County judge slams Chambersburg man who abused his mother (Chambersburg Public Opinion) A Franklin County judge on Wednesday rejected a Chambersburg man's plea for clemency in an elder abuse case, sentencing David Baine, 42, to five to 10 years in state prison. Strange behaviors in hospital could indicate ICU psychosis (The Oklahoman) Recently, my friend Evelyn Harms and her mother, Dorothy, 80, spent five days in a hospital intensive care unit. Evelyn stayed with her mother around the clock. Early in their stay, Dorothy started experiencing ICU psychosis. "Forty-eight hours into our stay in the ICU, we began living a nightmare,? Evelyn Harms said. "But it wasn't a nightmare; it was something called ICU psychosis. Momma ... Home prices driving care choices (Contra Costa Times) Advice, resources and how-to tips on elder care for the Bay Area New laws proposed to combat elder abuse in Washington (Seattle Times) A new state initiative aims to make it easier to identify, prevent and prosecute abuse of elderly and vulnerable adults in Washington. Tiger cub dies in Corbett for want of medical care (HT via Yahoo! India News) An injured tiger cub, not more than six months, died due to non-availability of veterinary doctors at Corbett Tiger Reserve in Uttarakhand. The cub and another young tigress, aged one-and-a-half years, were abandoned by their mothers and were found 12 days ago by villagers residing near the reserve area. Carved to show care: Rice man pours love for daughter into handmade trees (St. Cloud Times) RICE - When Jodee Johnson was battling breast cancer, her father surrounded her with a forest of trees that he had made. Study Shows Seniors Adapt Well to Remote Monitoring Technology (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance) MENDOTA HEIGHTS, Minn. & PHILADELPHIA----A new research report released today by Healthsense and NewCourtland Elder Services concludes that seniors who rely on remote monitoring technology to help them remain secure and independent adapt well to living with the technology and do not see it as intrusive or impersonal. Whooosh! 11 Spring Makeover Includes Dual-Flush Toilets; $17.95 M. Triplex (The New York Observer) ?We were admiring your security cameras,? a man in a paint-splattered Ralph Lauren polo shirt said last Sunday afternoon, standing next to his wife outside of 11 Spring Street . ?We need some for our building.? He was talking to Caroline Cummings , the 27-year-old who bought 11 Spring from Rupert Murdoch?s elder son, Lachlan, exactly two years ago for $12 million. Back then the ... Warning: MagpieRSS: Failed to parse RSS file. (> required at line 14, column 29) in /home/.hellodolly/jsteiner64/scholarlyarticles.org/elder-care/magpierss/rss_fetch.inc on line 238 Site: Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /home/.hellodolly/jsteiner64/scholarlyarticles.org/elder-care/inc/rss.php on line 26 |
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