BY KAREN MERK, RN, BS, CRNAC F314 and pressure reliefThe new federal guidelines have much to say about support surfaces and
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Read More » WARNING SIGNS FOR THEWHITE HOUSE LTC leaders sound off on the forthcoming 2005 White House Conference on Aging It happens every ten years-the
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Read More » PAUL WILLGING says...It's all about leading and managing people A guest lecturer once described seniors housing and care to my students at Johns
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Read More » HAPPY HOLIDAYS!A selection of LTC programs that made a differenceReprinted from past editions of the Not-for-Profit Report For the past eight years,
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