Sault to get new 256-bed long-term care facility (The Sudbury Star)

Sault Ste. Marie is getting a new long-term care home and upgrades to existing facilities, though bed numbers will remain the same for the time being. Sault Ste.[...]

Kula Hospital beds will free MMMC space (The Maui News)

WAILUKU - Kula Hospital has received $5 million in state funding to add 15 long-term beds - a long-awaited development that would relieve Maui Memorial Medical Center of some patients occupying acute-care beds.

Media Advisory: RecoverCare to Hold Job Fair on Tuesday, March 9, 2010 (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)

RecoverCare, LLC, a leading distributor of wound care and bariatric equipment and solutions to the acute and long term healthcare markets, today announced that it will be holding a Job Fair at the Embassy Suites in Louisville on Tuesday, March 9, 2010.  RecoverCare is looking for experienced Call Center and Customer Service Representatives for 2nd and 3rd shift positions, as well as part-time ...

Hospitalization For Acute Care Or Critical Illness Associated With Greater Likelihood Of Subsequent Cognitive Decline ... (Medical News Today)

Older patients hospitalized for acute care or a critical illness are more likely to experience cognitive decline compared to older adults who are not hospitalized, according to a study in the February 24 issue of JAMA. A large proportion of patients who are hospitalized for acute care or care of a critical illness are older adults. Some studies have suggested that many survivors of critical ...

Palliative care spared (Northumberland Today)

COBOURG -- Palliative care is safe at Northumberland Hills Hospital. In a move to eliminate a projected $1.[...]

My father saved all his life - but was failed by the NHS (Daily Telegraph)

After a series of strokes left her father needing continuous care, Pippa Kelly turned to the social services. Here, she recounts her humiliating, and ultimately fruitless, fight for the help to which he was entitled.

Covidien enters into preferred vendor partnership with OSF Healthcare System (News-Medical-Net)

Covidien, a leading global provider of healthcare products and recognized innovator of mechanical ventilation and respiratory care devices, today announced it has entered into a long-term, preferred vendor partnership with the Order of Saint Francis (OSF) Healthcare System, headquartered in Peoria, Ill. After using a mix of SPO2 technologies for more than eight years, the OSF Healthcare System ...