Nursing Homes in Columbia, MD
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 Lorien Health Systems - Columbia Medicare and Medicaid Location: 6334 Cedar Lane, Columbia, Maryland 21044 Ratings: Phone: (410) 531-5300 |
Residences At Vantage Point Medicare Location: 5400 Vantage Point Rd., Columbia, Maryland 21044 Ratings: Phone: (410) 964-5454 |
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Male gay couples, single parents face significant discrimination in rental housing market
A new University of British Columbia study finds single parents and male gay couples face significant discrimination in the Metro Vancouver rental housing market, compared to straight couples.
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Researchers receive grant to investigate how gut microbiome influences breast cancer
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Health savings accounts and health reimbursement arrangements increase to 5.7M in 2010
The number of health savings accounts (HSAs) and health reimbursement arrangements (HRAs) increased to 5.7 million in 2010, according to a new report by the nonpartisan Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI). Assets in these account-based health plans increased to $7.7 billion in 2010.
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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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