Nursing Homes

We are on the road to a healthier Clark County. The second MAPP (Mobilizing for Action through Planning and Partnerships) meeting was held two weeks ago, and the attendance and excitement were high. Those in the room brought energy and gave insight to...

Feb. 2, 1987 Winchester Health Care Manor has received a “superior”¿rating following a Cabinet for Human Resources evaluation in December. The nursing home was evaluated in the three levels of care it is licensed to provide. The passage of a...

A Stanford woman is suing a Danville bus operator and nursing home alleging that their employees caused her to break a leg and suffer other injuries when they dropped her in her wheelchair as they tried to load her on a bus. Brenda Young filed the...

The old adage “out with the old and in with the new” is a common theme around the start of a new year. But this isn’t the case for the state’s lawmakers, who returned to work Tuesday. Once again, the budget will take center...

Campus sex assaults A 14-month examination into the handling of sexual assault cases on Midwestern campuses prompted two federal investigations and sweeping changes to how universities and prosecutors respond to reports. In November, the U.S. Department...

  Shortly after Mitt Romney resigned from Bain Capital in 1999 to run the Olympics in Salt Lake City, potential investors received a prospectus touting the extraordinary profits earned by the private equity firm that Romney controlled for 15 years....

Last week, my dad was taken on a practice run from his Northern California nursing home back to his house. He'd had recent hip surgery, and the idea was that if he could master the challenge of getting in and out of the car and the wheelchair, he could...

A 56-year-old Gambrills podiatrist was sentenced to more than four years in prison Wednesday for fraudulently billing Medicare $1.1 million over three years, according to the Maryland U.S. Attorney's Office. The scheme marked the second time Larry...

Dyslexia tutoring Volunteers are needed to tutor low-income children and adults with dyslexia and other language-based disorders. Volunteers should have a high school diploma, good language skills, patience, a willingness to understand persons with...

Caregiver workshop The first of three winter workshops will be held from 2:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday, Jan. 30, at the Annapolis Senior Activity Center, 119 S. Villa Ave. Workshops will deal with dementia, the caregiving experience, and caring for...

A 58-year-old Baltimore woman has been convicted of one count of abuse of a vulnerable adult in the second degree, stemming from a 2010 incident at a Timonium nursing center. According to a press release from the Maryland Attorney General's Office,...