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Ind. nursing home patient's family sues over death
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (AP) — Relatives of an 88-year-old Indiana woman who died after being attacked by another nursing home resident say the home's owners lied about her injuries. Betty Riley's family filed a complaint Monday with the Indiana...Tags: Medical Specialization, Nursing, Nursing Homes, Stroke
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NE Ind. nursing home patient's family sues over death
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (AP) — Relatives of an 88-year-old Indiana woman who died after being attacked by another nursing home resident say the home's owners lied about how she was injured. Betty Riley's family filed a complaint Monday with the Indiana...Tags: Medical Specialization, Nursing, Alzheimer's Disease, Stroke
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Ind. nurse charged with medical 'interference'
MUNCIE, Ind. (AP) — An eastern Indiana nurse is facing charges alleging that she failed to give a nursing home patient who later died daily injections of medication that prevents blood clots. Fifty-two-year-old Mary Jane Bell of New Castle was...Tags: Medical Specialization, Pharmaceuticals, Chemical Industry, Jane Bell, Nursing
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Indiana dealing with deadliest flu season in years
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana, like most states, is in the midst of one of its worst flu seasons in recent years, and health officials say that it's too early to tell whether the season has peaked. The season's 40 flu deaths make it Indiana's...
Tags: Swine Flu, Diseases and Illnesses, Disease Prevention, Pneumonia, Diabetes
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Indiana flu deaths rise to 27 in ongoing outbreak
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana health officials say the state's ongoing flu outbreak has claimed 27 lives, with 17 of those deaths reported during the past week. Wednesday's flu update from the State Department of Health says 20 of the people who...
Tags: Preventative Medicine, Diseases and Illnesses, Disease Prevention, Flu Vaccine, Flu
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World's oldest woman dies at 115
TOKYO (AP) — A Japanese official says a woman in his town near Tokyo who became world's oldest living female just last month has died at 115. Koto Okubo died Saturday at a nursing home in Kawasaki City, according to city official Mitsuhiro Kozuka....Tags: Medical Specialization, Nursing, Tokyo (Japan), Japan, Public Officials
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Ind. bill would require Alzheimer's lessons for police
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — An Indiana lawmaker dismayed by a police officer's decision to use a stun gun on a nursing home patient is pushing for police to get training on how to interact with people with Alzheimer's disease. Republican state Rep. Bill...
Tags: Medical Specialization, Nursing, Peru, Mental Illness, Autism
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Hospitals crack down on workers refusing flu shots
CHICAGO (AP) — Patients can refuse a flu shot. Should doctors and nurses have that right, too? That is the thorny question surfacing as U.S. hospitals increasingly crack down on employees who won't get flu shots, with some workers losing their...
Tags: Pharmaceuticals, Elk Grove Village (Cook, Illinois), Health Insurance Cost, Health Organizations, Measles
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Obama Medicare plan: No voucher but maybe a higher bill
WASHINGTON (AP) — He'll never turn Medicare into a voucher, but if you are lucky enough to be financially comfortable in retirement, odds are you'll pay higher premiums under President Barack Obama's plan. It's not just the 1 percent who'll feel the...
Tags: Mitt Romney, Medicare, Budgets and Budgeting, Prescription Drugs, Politics
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SW Michigan woman missing after leaving nursing home
WSBT-TVPORTAGE, Mich. – Police in southwest Michigan are looking for a woman who walked out of a Portage, Mich. nursing home and may have been headed to Cass County. The Portage Department of Public Safety says 54-year-old Bonnie Merckley was discovered...Tags: Medical Specialization, Nursing
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Senior advocates seek more home-based care
South Bend TribuneSOUTH BEND -- About 6,100 senior and disabled Hoosiers are on a waiting list for services -- known as the CHOICE program -- that would keep them at home rather than having to go to a nursing home, which is vastly more expensive. Three senior advocates...Tags: Health Insurance, Medical Specialization, Personal Income, Nursing, Government Health Care
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Fire watchmen to monitor migrant worker housing
South Bend Tribune Staff WriterSOUTH BEND -- The owner of a west-side building housing 190 migrant workers has agreed to hire fire watchmen to monitor the property 24 hours a day. The agreement settles city officials' concerns that the former nursing home at 5024 W. Western Ave....Tags: Medical Specialization, Skokie, Nursing, Public Officials, Politics
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