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nursing homes
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Berens adds Poe Award to honors for ‘Seniors for Sale’
At its annual dinner on Saturday, the White House Correspondents’ Association will present AHCJ member and Seattle Times reporter Michael…
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Berens wins Nieman award for adult homes series
The Harvard-based Nieman Foundation for Journalism has selected AHCJ member and Seattle Times reporter Michael Berens for the $20,000 2010…
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45 nursing homes added to CMS program to improve care
On Jan. 20, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services released the most recent list of nursing homes in its…
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Brokers place seniors in homes without screening
The Seattle Times‘ Michael Berens takes a deep look at the industry of “free” elder placement services that began in…
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Dementia patients overwhelm Scottish system
The (Edinburgh) Scotsman‘s Adam Morris won the Guild of Health Writers’ “Best Regional Health Feature” award for his investigation into…
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NPR explores the right to at-home care for disabled patients
When it comes to summarizing the NPR news investigation “Home or Nursing Home,” you really can’t do much better than…
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Alzheimer’s and caregivers’ difficult decisions
Writing for the AARP Bulletin, Chris Woolston drills straight to the core of the pain felt by folks caring for…
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Washington’s “adult homes” have less regulation, more neglect
After analyzing 4,703 death certificates of folks who died at adult homes during a five-year span, The Seattle Times‘ Michael…
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Honolulu Advertiser examines nursing homes
The Honolulu Advertiser put together a multimedia package about nursing home deficiencies that includes text, video, a questionnaire to help…
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Newly released data reveals inappropriate use of antipsychotics in nursing homes
Kay Lazar and Matt Carroll of The Boston Globe have written about nursing homes that use “antipsychotic drugs to control…