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    Mar 5, 2013 |Story| AP Broadcast

  1. 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: Nursing Homes, Stroke, Medical Specialization, Nursing

    2. Mar 5, 2013 |Story| AP Broadcast

  2. 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: Alzheimer's Disease, Stroke, Medical Specialization, Nursing

    3. Feb 13, 2013 |Story| AP Broadcast

  3. 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: Health and Medical Professionals, Nursing Homes, Pharmaceuticals, Medical Specialization, Jane Bell

    4. Jan 28, 2013 |Story| AP Indiana

  4. Indiana dealing with deadliest flu season in years

    <span style="font-size: small;">INDIANAPOLIS (AP) &mdash; <span style="color: red;">Indiana</span>, like most states, is in the midst of one of its worst <span style="color: red;">flu</span> seasons in recent years, and health officials say that it's too early to tell whether the season has peaked.</span>
    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: Disease Prevention, Vaccines, Swine Flu, Viral Diseases and Infections, Flu

    5. Jan 16, 2013 |Story| AP Indiana

  5. 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: Disease Prevention, Diseases and Illnesses, Preventative Medicine, Flu, Flu Vaccine

    6. Jan 9, 2013 |Story| AP Indiana

  6. Ind. bill would require Alzheimer's lessons for police

    <span style="font-size: small;">INDIANAPOLIS (AP) &mdash; 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.</span>
    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: Alzheimer's Disease, Peru, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Mental Illness, Weaponry

    7. Jan 12, 2013 |Story| WSBT-TV

  7. 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: Swine Flu, Pharmaceuticals, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, American Medical Association, Viral Diseases and Infections

    8. Jan 13, 2013 |Story| AP Indiana

  8. 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: Japan, Politics, Public Officials, Government, Medical Specialization

    9. Sep 23, 2012 |Story| AP Broadcast

  9. 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: Prescription Drugs, Politics, Barack Obama, White House, Senior Health

    10. Aug 31, 2012 |Story| WSBT-TV

  10. SW Michigan woman missing after leaving nursing home

    <span style="font-size: small;">PORTAGE, Mich. &ndash; 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.</span>
    WSBT-TV
    PORTAGE, 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

    11. Aug 23, 2012 |Story| South Bend Tribune

  11. Senior advocates seek more home-based care

    South Bend Tribune
    SOUTH 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: Nursing Homes, Barack Obama, Medical Specialization, Personal Income, Government Health Care

    12. Jul 17, 2012 |Story| South Bend Tribune

  12. Fire watchmen to monitor migrant worker housing

    South Bend Tribune Staff Writer
    SOUTH 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: Politics, Public Officials, Government, Medical Specialization, Skokie

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