Tag: assisted living
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Legislature’s many health bills include some with life-saving potential, better prevention, greater access and help for children
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News One paragraph in this story was incorrect and has been stricken. FRANKFORT, Ky. — Kentucky legislators have all but ended their regular session without...
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Nursing homes and other elderly caregivers will have to do national, fingerprint-based background checks on employees
Nursing homes and many other health care providers will be required to obtain national criminal background checks on new employees and others who provide direct one-on-one care to elderly residents...
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The Homeplace at Midway opens, with cottages for nursing, assisted living, memory care; first ‘Green House’ facility in Ky.
By Kacie Kelly and Al Cross University of Kentucky School of Journalism and Telecommunications The Homeplace at Midway was formally opened Thursday, June 25, bringing to fruition a 16-year campaign...
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Cost of long-term-care insurance going up, but it’s still a wise investment, depending on your income
Judy Witte says her long-term-care insurance premiumsare going up at a worrying rate. C-J photo by Matt Stone. Seniors are facing increases in their premiums for long-term-care insurance as insurance companies...
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Nursing-home violations went up in third quarter, but a record 8 facilities had no deficiencies
In the third quarter of 2011, inspectors found 403 deficiencies in 56 Kentucky nursing homes, an average of 7.2, up from 5.9 in the second quarter. But no deficiencies were...
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Federal grant will help build assisted-living and hospice facility in Maysville
Gov. Steve Beshear presented a $800,000 community development block grant (federal money administered by the states) for the construction of a Maysville assisted-living facility and hospice inpatient facility Friday, The Ledger Independent...