Nursing Homes in Saco, ME
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 Seal Rock Health Care Medicare and Medicaid Location: 88 Harbor Drive, Saco, Maine 04072 Ratings: Phone: (207) 283-3646 |
Evergreen Manor Medicare and Medicaid Location: 328 North St, Saco, Maine 04072 Ratings: Phone: (207) 282-5161 |
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Study explores ways to prevent the accumulation of visceral fat among the elderly
In a new publication from Cardiovascular Innovations and Applications, Israel Oluwasegun Ayenigbara from University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria considers accumulation of visceral fat and preventive measures among the elderly.
The complexities of Medicare's doctor pay dynamics
The Medicare physician payment formula is often attacked as a budget gimmick that holds down federal spending on paper, even though everyone knows the cuts it imposes will never come into effect.
A new method to kill pathogenic bacteria
Engineering researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have developed a new method to kill deadly pathogenic bacteria, including listeria, in food handling and packaging. This innovation represents an alternative to the use of antibiotics or chemical decontamination in food supply systems.
KLAS awards top rankings to Toshiba's Aplio 500 CV cardiac ultrasound system
Toshiba America Medical Systems, Inc.'s Aplio 500 CV cardiac ultrasound system was ranked as the top performer in KLAS' "Echocardiography 2013: 2D or not 2D?" report. Toshiba received top scores in 18 out of 25 attributes.
Guardian profiles health project in central India
"For 15 years, a dedicated group of doctors has been running a health project in central India called Jan Swasthya Sahyog," the Guardian reports, writing, "In a country where many people have no access to health care, their hospital - which relies on grants and donations - serves a population of almost one million people in rural areas of Bilaspur district in Chhattisgarh state."
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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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