Nursing Homes in Fairview, PA
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 Fairview Manor Medicare and Medicaid Location: 900 Manchester Road, Fairview, Pennsylvania 16415 Ratings: Phone: (814) 838-4822 |
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Researchers awarded $6.4 million grant to identify causes of neurodevelopmental disorders in children with CHDs
As advances in medicine are giving rise to growing numbers of children who are surviving severe heart defects, a phenomenon is emerging that is catching parents and healthcare providers off-guard. Over half of these children also have a seemingly unrelated disability: neurodevelopmental disorders. Some have severe cognitive and motor deficits that arise early.
Children have better nutrition when they live near forests, global study shows
A first-of-its-kind global study shows that children in 27 developing countries have better nutrition-when they live near forests.
New research shows specific mechanisms may not exist for facial recognition
New research from Georgetown University Medical Center suggests that the brain may not have developed a specific ability for "understanding faces" but instead uses the same kind of pattern recognition techniques to distinguish between people as it uses to search for differences between other groups of objects, such as plants, animals and cars.
Mothers who plan to breastfeed but return to work full-time are less likely to meet breastfeeding goals
Breastfeeding is known to provide significant health benefits for both infants and their mothers. However, while many women intend to breastfeed despite returning to work, a new study finds that mothers who plan to breastfeed for at least three months but return to work full-time are less likely to meet their breastfeeding goals.
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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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