Nursing Homes in Jefferson, WI
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 Alden Estates Of Countryside, Inc Medicare and Medicaid Location: 1130 Collins Road, Jefferson, Wisconsin 53549 Ratings: Phone: (920) 674-3170 |
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Study reveals differences in cancer stage presentation between rural and urban patients
New research published in the November issue of The Journal of the American College of Surgeons shows that urban colorectal and lung cancer patients present at later stages of disease than rural patients do.
New weight management charts and screening tools for childhood obesity devised
A University of Nevada, Reno professor who thinks the present weight management charts and screening tools for children are too difficult to understand and use has devised new, simpler charts that pediatricians and parents can use to help combat the increasing rates of obese and overweight children in the United States.
Long-term exposure to fine atmospheric particles can lead to increased mortality rates among the elderly
A new analysis of 16 years of publicly accessible health data on 68.5 million Medicare enrollees provides broad evidence that long-term exposure to fine particles in the air - even at levels below current EPA standards - leads to increased mortality rates among the elderly.
EDF praises New York State Assembly for passing legislation to reduce sulfur levels in heating oil
Environmental Defense Fund praised the New York State Assembly for passing legislation today to dramatically reduce sulfur levels in the commonly used #2 heating oil sold in the state. The State Senate passed the legislation last week and Governor Paterson is expected to sign it into law.
Peripheral arterial disease linked to too little vitamin D
According to the results of the latest research peripheral arterial disease (PAD) may be linked to low levels of vitamin D.
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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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