Drug Abuse in Nursing Homes: Hearing Before the Select Committee on Aging, House of Representatives, Ninety-sixth Congress, Second Session, June 25, 1980U.S. Government Printing Office, 1980 - 131 pages |
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... Society for the year ending April 30 , 1876 , has been $ 65,971.10 , and the total expenditures , $ 67,747.25 , — leaving a small balance against the treasury . The object of this Society is to aid in raising up a sufficient and edu ...
... Society for the year ending April 30 , 1876 , has been $ 65,971.10 , and the total expenditures , $ 67,747.25 , — leaving a small balance against the treasury . The object of this Society is to aid in raising up a sufficient and edu ...
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... society relations in central and eastern Europe . This introductory chapter begins by reviewing the existing debate on military - society relations and laying out a framework for interpreting new patterns of military - society relations ...
... society relations in central and eastern Europe . This introductory chapter begins by reviewing the existing debate on military - society relations and laying out a framework for interpreting new patterns of military - society relations ...
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... Society was the pioneer of the modern hereditary , patriotic Society , and its influences led to the formation of all of them . Some of these constitutions , with the circulars and bulletins of the California Society , were sent , year ...
... Society was the pioneer of the modern hereditary , patriotic Society , and its influences led to the formation of all of them . Some of these constitutions , with the circulars and bulletins of the California Society , were sent , year ...
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... Society , for several years , that Telang's papers on antiquarian subjects have left behind " material enough to make the Society distinguished for generations to come . " " " " " After an interval of Organ Recital letters of ...
... Society , for several years , that Telang's papers on antiquarian subjects have left behind " material enough to make the Society distinguished for generations to come . " " " " " After an interval of Organ Recital letters of ...
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... society' with 'mass society'): 'By this', he writes, 'I mean the following': Whether or not they are aware of them, men in a mass society are gripped by personal troubles which they are not able to turn into social issues. They do not ...
... society' with 'mass society'): 'By this', he writes, 'I mean the following': Whether or not they are aware of them, men in a mass society are gripped by personal troubles which they are not able to turn into social issues. They do not ...
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Page 4 - PREPARED STATEMENT OF CHAIRMAN CLAUDE PEPPER Good morning ladies and gentlemen. I would like to welcome you to this hearing by the House Select Committee on Aging.
Page 66 - Agency staff check all medicines a patient may be taking to identify possibly ineffective drug therapy or adverse reactions, significant side effects, drug allergies, and contraindicated medications, and
Page 104 - Hon. CLAUDE PEPPER, Chairman, Select Committee on Aging, US House of Representatives, Washington, DC DEAR SIR: Thank you for the opportunity
Page 106 - Penna, Assistant Executive Director for Professional Affairs of the American Pharmaceutical Association. I am pleased to represent APhA at the request of the Subcommittee to discuss the professional functions which pharmacists perform in providing pharmaceutical service to longterm care facilities. The American Pharmaceutical Association (APhA) is the national professional society of pharmacists in the United States. The Association's 55,000 members are comprised of practitioners, students, educators...
Page 117 - For the beleaguered nurse's aide, tranquilizers are a happy solution. If patients are sedated, they cause the staff few problems. The administrator is happy, too, because bedbound patients bring the highest rate of reimbursement.
Page 35 - COMPTROLLER GENERAL'S PROBLEMS REMAIN IN REVIEWS REPORT TO THE CONGRESS OF MEDICAID-FINANCED DRUG DIGEST THERAPY IN NURSING HOMES Medicaid pays for about half of all nursing home care in the United States. To help ensure the quality of that care, the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare
Page 43 - those situations in which the drug should not be used because the risk of use clearly outweighs any possible benefit.
Page 117 - conducted by the Subcommittee on Long-Term Care of the Special Committee on Aging of the United States Senate.
Page 50 - other members of the committee may have. The CHAIRMAN. Thank you very much for a very
Page 57 - and on behalf of the association I would like to thank you for this opportunity to testify. The