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STAFF BLOG CAPITOL CHATTER Nursing homes say they need more money than bill includes
By Danielle Killey Jon Riewer said his organization faces funding shortages, losing employees and struggling to provide care to the elderly and disabled. At this point I would classify our situation a...
Posted on 4/22/13 at 12:50 PM
South St. Paul nursing home worker pleads guilty to theft from two residents 
A nursing home worker admitted Monday to pocketing nearly $63,000 from two elderly residents at a South St. Paul senior home to help pay for her daughter's college tuition.
By Maricella Miranda , July 12, 2011
SHUTDOWN IN MINNESOTA: Care for elderly, disabled starts to show strain
The state's oversight of hundreds of nursing homes, home care agencies and other programs that serve elderly and vulnerable adults as well as programs for young people has been dramatically curtailed or cut off.
By Brad Schrade and Warren Wolfe , July 07, 2011
Elderly care givers ask for shutdown fund
A group representing nursing homes and other health-care providers for Minnesota’s elderly asked the courts today to keep state funding flowing in case of a government shutdown.
By Don Davis , June 20, 2011
State: Hastings, Minn., nursing home neglected resident who fell
A state investigation finds a Hastings, Minn., nursing home failed to properly care for a resident who suffered a fatal head injury when he fell out of his wheelchair.
By Associated Press , June 15, 2011
Minn. hospitals team up against drug theft
While drug thefts have long been an issue in hospitals and nursing homes, top health officials are taking new steps to address the problem. The Minnesota Hospital Association and state Health Department are organizing a coalition of hospitals and licensing boards to identify and close loopholes in drug-handling protocols that make it easier to steal.
By Tara Bannow , May 29, 2011
Brooklyn Park home nursing business accused of fraud
Anita Soledolu and her husband, Stephen Soledolu, are accused of submitting claims for nursing services that they didn't provide. Those claims total more than $975,000.
By Associated Press , February 24, 2011
Minnesota nursing homes facing huge cuts under Dayton's plan
The heavily regulated industry would take its deepest payment cuts in history under the budget that Gov. Mark Dayton unveiled last week. Some facilities "almost certainly will close" if it is approved, said Gayle Kvenvold, CEO of Aging Services of Minnesota, which represents largely nonprofit homes.
By Warren Wolfe , February 21, 2011
GROWING TREND: More non-elderly in nursing homes
It's no longer unusual to find a nursing home resident who is decades younger than his neighbor: About one in seven people now living in such facilities in the U.S. is under 65. But the growing phenomenon presents a host of challenges for nursing homes, while younger patients face staggering isolation.
By Matt Sedensky , January 07, 2011
For N.D. nursing homes, federal law change causes headaches
A change in federal child labor laws that prohibits some teenagers from operating patient lifts is causing headaches for some North Dakota nursing homes.
By Associated Press , October 04, 2010
Nursing homes move toward treating residents more like people, not patients
CHICAGO — The revolution at Bethesda Home and Retirement Center began with sleeping in.
Letting people sleep late may not sound subversive. But in the traditional world of nursing homes, which for decades have been run like highly regimented mini-hospitals, it is a radical change.
By Barbara Brotman , July 31, 2010
Minnesota nursing home falls blamed on staffing shortages
Some Minnesota nursing homes simply do not have enough employees to prevent residents from falling, two Minnesota Senate committees heard Thursday.
By Don Davis , January 21, 2010
Demand for skilled nursing home beds at low point in North Dakota
Though North Dakota law only allows skilled nursing facilities to care for 6,500 residents statewide, there isn’t a demand to increase the number, a state official said. Dickinson has the second highest number of nursing home “beds” in the state with 72 per thousand of elderly.
By Beth Wischmeyer , December 19, 2009
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