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nursing homes
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Lopez columns on ailing dad spark discussions about end-of-life decisions
From his friendship with a cellist to his adventures with medical marijuana, Los Angeles Times columnist Steve Lopez often draws…
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Aging in place becoming more popular, possible
In the latest installment in The Associated Press series on growing old in America, David Crary explores how the health…
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Investigation finds chart falsification endemic in Calif. nursing homes
In a two-part series (one | two) in The Sacramento Bee, Marjie Lundstrom reveals the results into the widespread falsification…
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Fla. system forces ventilator patients to stay in hospitals, incur multimillion-dollar bills
Richard Martin of the St. Petersburg Times reports that, because Florida has few nursing homes that can care for patients…
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Minority population swells in nursing homes
In The Providence Journal, reporter and AHCJ board member Felice Freyer reports on the local effects of the national trend…
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For Hawaii reporter, scarce nursing home inspections become the story
The Honolulu Star Advertiser‘s Rob Perez reports that, thanks to cutbacks, Hawaii has failed to meet federal standards for “evaluating…
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Troubled Mont. nursing home illustrates special federal status
Reporters looking to implement the tricks they picked up at AHCJ 2011 or one of our workshops can look to…
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House calls on the rise as their economic benefits become clear
In The Miami Herald, Ana Veciana-Suarez looks into why doctor house calls are on the rise, especially among the Medicare…
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Reporter checks records, hits facility with news of looming closure
After picking up new tools and techniques at Health Journalism 2011, reporter Sarah Bruyn Jones returned to The Roanoke Times…
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Herald reports on failures of assisted living system
The Miami Herald‘s yearlong “Neglected to Death” series on abuse and violations in assisted living facilities is expansive, but I…