Nursing Homes in Denham Springs, LA
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 Harvest Manor Healthcare And Rehabilitation Center Medicare and Medicaid Location: 839 North Range Avenue, Denham Springs, Louisiana 70726 Ratings: Phone: (225) 665-8946 |
Golden Age Healthcare And Rehabilitation Center Medicare and Medicaid Location: 27090 Hwy 16, Denham Springs, Louisiana 70726 Ratings: Phone: (225) 665-5544 |
Sage Specialty Hospital Medicare Location: 8375 Florida Blvd, Denham Springs, Louisiana 70726 Ratings:NA Phone: (225) 665-2664 |
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BUSM's geriatrics clerkship meets all the ambulatory core geriatric competencies
As the population ages, it is imperative that medical students are prepared to treat older adults, regardless of their specialty. Researchers at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) report that an interdisciplinary multisite fourth-year geriatrics clerkship, has successfully met all the ambulatory core geriatric competencies as outlined by the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) working group.
Lack of diapers keep children out of childcare
According to the most recent census, 22% of American children live at or below the poverty line. In many cases, their families cannot provide the diapers they need because diapers, which can cost as much as $100 a month, cannot be bought with the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, commonly known as "food stamps") or the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children.
CutisPharma receives U.S patent for suppository compounding
CutisPharma, Inc. today announced that it has received approval from the United States Patent and Trademark Office for its patent (US 7,815,929) regarding a method for the preparation, storage and dispensing of compounded suppositories.
MHI cardiologists use ABSORB bioresorbable vascular scaffold to treat CAD
The interventional cardiology team at the Montreal Heart Institute (MHI) used the world's first drug eluting bioresorbable vascular scaffold to successfully treat a woman suffering from coronary artery disease. This landmark procedure was performed by Dr. Jean-Fran-ois Tanguay, interventional cardiologist and coordinator of the Coronary Unit, as part of the ABSORB EXTEND clinical trial.
UIC receives research funding to study lead and other household health hazards
The University of Illinois at Chicago received $1.7 million in research funding from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to study lead and other household health hazards. The funds will support two different projects in Illinois communities.
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Nursing Home
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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