Nursing Homes in Clearfield, PA
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 Mountain Laurel Healthcare And Rehabilitation Ctr Medicare and Medicaid Location: 700 Leonard Street, Clearfield, Pennsylvania 16830 Ratings: Phone: (814) 765-7545 |
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Ketamine may be potential therapeutic option for adolescents with treatment-resistant depression
A new study has shown a significant average decrease in the Children's Depression Rating Scale among adolescents with treatment-resistant depression who were treated with intravenous ketamine.
Nursing teams in care homes could reduce hospital admissions
Bringing a community nursing and physiotherapy team into residential care homes for older people improves quality of life and reduces hospital admissions, according to a new evaluation study's reports published by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation.
Research: Gene mutation linked to schizophrenia may aid in new drug development
In a major advance for schizophrenia research, an international team of scientists led by the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and involving Trinity College Dublin researchers has identified a gene mutation strongly linked to schizophrenia that may be an important new target for the development of drug therapies.
Study shows peer mentorship is more accessible than traditional hierarchical relationships
Peer mentorship is a critical and more accessible option for professional and personal growth than traditional mentor-mentee relationships, according to a new paper from the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus.
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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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