The Minnesota's 300-plus nursing facilities are celebrating a much-needed cash injection from the state. In Detroit Lakes, the 94-bed Essentia Health Oak Crossing received a total of $602,552 — to be delivered this year and next year in two equal payments of $301,276. The 92-bed Emmanuel Nursing Home in Detroit Lakes received a total of $594,519, in two annual payments of $297,260.
HIQA inspections have revealed excellent compliance with regulations at six nursing homes across Galway. The unannounced inspections assess centres on a wide range of criteria. Inspectors assess nursing homes in areas including staffing, healthcare, training, governance and management, premises, nutrition, infection control and individual care plans.
Six years ago, Rangineh Kalhor moved to Minnesota from Iran. She came to be near her daughter, who was pursuing an astrophysics degree at the University of Minnesota Duluth. Kalhor herself has a joint degree in physics and math. She applied for graduate school at UMD. But she didn't get in. “The problem was my English,” she explained. “Initially my English wasn't very good.” Her daughter helped arrange a group on campus for her mom to practice English with other recent immigrants.
The Nashoba Associated Boards of Health are “saddened” to announce the closing of their visiting nurse and hospice services effective immediately. The agency “has provided personalized, expert skilled nursing and end-of-life care in people’s homes for over sixty years,” said an email. The Nashoba Associated Boards of Health (NABH) is a regional health department with member towns of Ashburnham, Ashby, Ayer, Berlin, Bolton, Boxborough, Devens, Dunstable, Groton, Harvard, Lancaster, Littleton, Lunenburg, Pepperell, Shirley, Stow, and Townsend.
Jacksonville Memorial Hospital's transitional care unit, which was touted in January as one of the top skilled nursing units in Illinois, will be shut down by Sept. 30.
The University of Wisconsin-Green Bay and state health officials hope to certify 10,000 new workers in the next three years who can provide health care and assistance in the home. Wisconsin will need an additional 20,000 home care workers by next year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Health Services. Direct health care staff assist elderly people and clients living with disabilities with bathing, dressing, eating and mobility.