Nursing Homes in Brook, IN

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George Ade Memorial Health Care Center
Medicare and Medicaid
Location: 3623 East State Rd 16, Brook, Indiana 47922
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   Phone: (219) 275-2531

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The stakes of the decision

A new Reuters/Ipsos poll shows that though most Americans continue to oppose the health law, they support many of its provisions. Meanwhile, news outlets continue to report on what the impact would be - both in terms of people and the markets - if the law is overturned and these provisions are rolled back.

Orrin Hatch to face primary battle: Health care record on GOP voters' minds

Beating back a challenge from tea party activists, Sen. Orrin Hatch of Utah easily qualified for the Republican primary ballot in his quest for a seventh Senate term Saturday, but he fell just short of winning the GOP nomination outright. ... Mr. Hatch's vote total Saturday marked a stark contrast with the fate of his erstwhile Utah Republican colleague, former Sen. Robert Bennett. ... The senator Hatch also trained his fire on FreedomWorks, the small-government, conservative organization that organized opposition to the senator.

Podcast: KHN's ‘What the Health?' Health policy goes to court

A federal judge in Texas seemed sympathetic to the argument by GOP state officials that the Affordable Care Act soon will no longer be constitutional since Congress eliminated the penalty for not having insurance. The case was filed by 18 state attorneys general and two governors.

Research finds correlation between OCD, body dysmorphia and tanning addiction

​They keep tanning, even after turning a deep brown and experiencing some of the negative consequences. Skin cancer is among the most common, preventable types of the disease, yet many continue to tan to excess.

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A nursing home (also called skilled nursing facility) is a facility or distinct part of an institution whose primary function is to provide medical, continuous nursing, and other health and social services to patients who are not in an acute phase of illness requiring services in a hospital, but who require primary restorative or skilled nursing services on an inpatient basis above the level of intermediate or custodial care in order to reach a degree of body functioning to permit self care in essential daily living.

A skilled nursing facility (SNF) may be a freestanding facility or part of a hospital that has been certified by Medicare to admit patients requiring subacute care and rehabilitation.

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