Transition program helps move patients out of nursing homes
HOME CARE
By Gary Rotstein
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Wednesday, April 26, 2006
"Doreatha Clemons felt a year ago like a 52-year-old woman trapped in a nursing home, depressed from diabetes, a heart condition, two amputated legs and an 80-year-old roommate with dementia."
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Report predicts shortage of beds
BY DAVID WENNER
[Harrisburg] Patriot-News, Wednesday, April 26, 2006
"A group that represents nursing homes says Pennsylvania's focus on keeping senior citizens at home, rather than in nursing homes, could produce a 'train wreck' when baby boomers no longer can care for themselves."
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Helping elderly stay at home: Weinberg Campus offers coordinated care, but such programs are rare as national need grows
By HENRY L. DAVIS, News Medical Reporter
Buffalo [NY] News, 4/26/2006
"Three years ago, a large senior citizen community in Amherst ventured into an entirely different way of caring for older people."
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By Gary Rotstein
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Wednesday, April 26, 2006
"Doreatha Clemons felt a year ago like a 52-year-old woman trapped in a nursing home, depressed from diabetes, a heart condition, two amputated legs and an 80-year-old roommate with dementia."
FULL STORY
RELATED LINKS:
Report predicts shortage of beds
BY DAVID WENNER
[Harrisburg] Patriot-News, Wednesday, April 26, 2006
"A group that represents nursing homes says Pennsylvania's focus on keeping senior citizens at home, rather than in nursing homes, could produce a 'train wreck' when baby boomers no longer can care for themselves."
FULL STORY
Helping elderly stay at home: Weinberg Campus offers coordinated care, but such programs are rare as national need grows
By HENRY L. DAVIS, News Medical Reporter
Buffalo [NY] News, 4/26/2006
"Three years ago, a large senior citizen community in Amherst ventured into an entirely different way of caring for older people."
FULL STORY