Trends in Long-term Care: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Long-Term Care of the Special Committee on Aging, United States, [-Ninety- Congress, Session]U.S. Government Printing Office, 1970 |
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... fact that many of these people , if not most of them , have chronic difficulties of one kind or another , the need for long - term care is most urgent . What I have to say relating specifically to long - term care is supple- mental to ...
... fact that many of these people , if not most of them , have chronic difficulties of one kind or another , the need for long - term care is most urgent . What I have to say relating specifically to long - term care is supple- mental to ...
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... facts . For example , section 2 - vi - b - 1 - i- ( a ) ( b ) ( c ) ( d ) and section 2 - vi - 6 - i - II and III on ... fact , if we double the number of patients , this stringent requirement becomes chaos . In Connecticut , our nursing ...
... facts . For example , section 2 - vi - b - 1 - i- ( a ) ( b ) ( c ) ( d ) and section 2 - vi - 6 - i - II and III on ... fact , if we double the number of patients , this stringent requirement becomes chaos . In Connecticut , our nursing ...
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... fact , for example , that in ours alone of the 150 patients that we have discharged , 62 percent have gone home . I can send you figures on this and I could also tell you the number of days that they spent in the hospital . Many of them ...
... fact , for example , that in ours alone of the 150 patients that we have discharged , 62 percent have gone home . I can send you figures on this and I could also tell you the number of days that they spent in the hospital . Many of them ...
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... fact , if you had asked me to speak about this today , I would have loved to have come down and talked to you about the fact that I believe that nursing homes , ECF's if you wish to call them that , homes for the aged , and rest homes ...
... fact , if you had asked me to speak about this today , I would have loved to have come down and talked to you about the fact that I believe that nursing homes , ECF's if you wish to call them that , homes for the aged , and rest homes ...
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... fact of life that there is an acute shortage of per- sonnel which we have to overcome is a proper basis for you to say , How can the Federal Government condemn them to substandard care ? The Federal Government is not condemning anybody ...
... fact of life that there is an acute shortage of per- sonnel which we have to overcome is a proper basis for you to say , How can the Federal Government condemn them to substandard care ? The Federal Government is not condemning anybody ...
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Page 622 - No man in this country is so high that he is above the law. No officer of the law may set that law at defiance with impunity. All the officers of the government, from the highest to the lowest are creatures of the law, and are bound to obey it. It is the only supreme power in our system of government...
Page 49 - I am confident, however, that in the not too distant future, we will be able to...
Page 228 - The unique function of the nurse is to assist the individual, sick or well, in the performance of those activities contributing to health or its recovery (or to a peaceful death) that he would perform unaided if he had the necessary strength, will, or knowledge. And to do this in such a way as to help him gain independence as rapidly as possible.
Page 115 - ... highways producing noise or air pollution, or near a cemetery or near a natural or potential flood water hazard. In the event that a potential flood hazard site can not be avoided then adequate provision must be made to eliminate or minimize the effect of the hazard. 4.
Page 686 - Life Safety Code of the National Fire Protection Association (21st Edition, 1967) as are applicable to nursing homes...
Page 67 - Association, the national professional association of registered nurses. The American Nurses' Association is a membership organization with over 200,000 registered nurses in 50 States, the District of Columbia, Guam, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and the Canal Zone.
Page 82 - January 1, 1967, ( b ) is qualified to participate as an extended, care facility under Title XVIII of the Social Security Act; or is determined currently to meet the requirements for such participation ; except that clause (b) shall not become effective until January 1, 1968 with respect to facilities which do not currently meet the requirements of clause (b) but which show reasonable expectation of meeting the requirements of clause (b) by January 1, 1968.
Page 546 - DHCS is assisted by the State Department of Social Welfare and the State Department of Public Health.
Page 688 - In the case of institutions for the mentally retarded or distinct parts of such institutions which are certified as skilled nursing homes, other categories of licensed personnel with special training in the care of such patients may serve as charge nurse: Provided, That such person is licensed by the State in such category following completion of a course of training which includes at least the number of classroom and practice hours in all of the nursing subjects included in the program of a State...
Page 223 - Until recently, this meant anyone covered under the old age assistance (OAA), aid to the blind (AB), aid to the permanently and totally disabled (APTD), and aid to families with dependent children (AFDC) programs.