Looking At The Law: Patients Rights vs. Civil Rights
BOSTON (CBS) – WBZ’s Neil Chayet says Martin Luther King’s dream is a ways off. [Audio http://cbsboston.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/january-17-2010-looking-at-the-law.mp3|titles=Patients Rights vs....
View ArticleMoney Matters – Father’s Day: Long Term Care Insurance
BOSTON (CBS) – According to Genworth Financial’s 2011 Long Term Care survey, the national average annual cost of a semi-private room in a nursing home is $70,000, with it costing over $117,000 here in...
View ArticleIs Long-Term Care Insurance Necessary?
BOSTON (CBS) – Long-term care is a variety of services that includes medical and non-medical care to people who have a chronic illness or disability. Most long-term care is to assist people with...
View ArticleThe Facts About Long Term Care Insurance
BOSTON (CBS) – Long term care is simply defined as the care needed for individuals with chronic disabilities. This care may now be in the individual’s home or it may mean custodial care in a nursing...
View ArticleAbout Mom This Mother’s Day
BOSTON (CBS) – Mother’s Day is next Sunday. A day we celebrate our mothers. About Mom This Mother’s Day May is also national Older Americans Month, designated to celebrate and appreciate older adults...
View ArticleMaking It Work The Second Time Around
BOSTON (CBS) – Love happens and it’s wonderful at all ages. Those matchmaking websites are not just for kids! More and more plus 60’s are seeking partners. But there are stages in our lives where it...
View ArticleShould Dad Have Long Term Care Insurance?
BOSTON (CBS) – Long term care is a variety of services that includes medical and non-medical care to people who have a chronic illness or disability. Most long term care is to assist people with...
View Article7 Mass. Nursing Homes Penalized For ‘Systemic Failures’ That Led To Injury,...
BOSTON (CBS) – Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey says the state has reached settlements with seven nursing homes after an investigation found “systemic failures” at the facilities that led to...
View ArticleIndustry Group: 35 More Mass. Nursing Homes Could Close This Year
STATE HOUSE, BOSTON, APRIL 4, 2019 (State House News Service) — Almost three dozen nursing homes across Massachusetts are at risk of closing this year, threatening the ability of senior citizens to...
View ArticleMassachusetts Nursing Homes Press For Bump In State Funding
BOSTON (AP) — Nursing home residents, their families and administrators are planning to converge on the Statehouse to press for more funding. Massachusetts has been experiencing a wave of nursing home...
View ArticleMassachusetts Nursing Homes Restricting Visitor Access To Protect Against...
BOSTON (CBS) – Massachusetts health officials are advising nursing and rest homes Wednesday of new guidelines that aim to protect against coronavirus. The updated rules call for strict limitations on...
View ArticleCoronavirus Crisis: Massachusetts Launches Nursing Home Family Resource Hotline
BOSTON (CBS) — Massachusetts has started a hotline to help families get information about their loved ones’ care at nursing homes, which have been hit especially hard by the coronavirus pandemic. The...
View ArticleHow Coronavirus Ravaged America’s Nursing Homes: ‘We’ve Gone From Long Term...
(CBS Local) — There are now over 6 million cases of COVID-19 in the United States of America and 183,000 people have died. There are many horrific tragedies that have occurred over the past six months,...
View ArticleI-Team: Watertown Long-Term Care Facility Investigated For Possible Abuse,...
BOSTON (CBS) — Looking at photos of Jean Donnelly’s face all bruised brought tears to her daughter’s eyes. “It was horrific she had a huge gash on her forehead and a lump the size of a golf ball, her...
View ArticleI-Team: Long-Term Care Facilities Still Reporting New COVID Cases Every Day
GARDNER (CBS) – Long-term care facilities are continuing to see positive COVID-19 cases. The family of one resident living at Gardner Rehabilitation and Nursing Center tells the WBZ I-Team that the...
View ArticleNew Hampshire Nursing Homes Could Face Difficult Choices To Deal With...
CONCORD, N.H (CBS) — Nursing homes in New Hampshire may be forced to make some drastic choices because they don’t have enough workers. Officials say they may need to sell or even close some centers....
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