Nursing Homes in Cumberland, MD
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 Cumberland Healthcare Center Medicare and Medicaid Location: 512 Winifred Road, Cumberland, Maryland 21502 Ratings: Phone: (301) 724-6066 |
Hearthstone Nursing And Rehabilitation Center Medicare and Medicaid Location: 901 Seton Drive, Cumberland, Maryland 21502 Ratings: Phone: (301) 722-6272 |
Allegany Health Nursing And Rehab Medicare and Medicaid Location: 730 Furnace Street, Cumberland, Maryland 21502 Ratings: Phone: (301) 777-5941 |
Devlin Manor Nursing And Rehabilitation Center Medicare and Medicaid Location: 10301 North East Christie Road, Cumberland, Maryland 21502 Ratings: Phone: (301) 724-1400 |
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Pharmatek adds roller compaction to GMP manufacturing facilities
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High fat diet linked to exacerbation of asthma
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First-time mothers, obese women, and women who have longer labors are at higher risk for pain
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Ambulance services should be assessed on reassurance and response time
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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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