A group of Jasper women have a history of helping others. Every month for the past three years, the ladies gather items for charities, civic groups or families in need of a helping hand. What makes these ladies unique is that they’ve done all of this while living in a nursing home. […]
No matter your age or ability, you can be active and move! That’s the message a nationally known fitness expert recently brought to Alabama nursing home residents. Chris Freytag led an exercise and wellness class at Golden Living Center Oneonta as part of National Active Aging Week. […]
Lending a hand to a neighbor in need is a way of life in Alabama. It’s that spirit of giving that led people living and working in two north Alabama nursing homes to help charitable causes in their communities. […]
A new interactive map allows consumers to easily locate Alabama nursing homes. Users can search by city or zip code to find nursing homes in a specific geographic area. You can also search by the name of the nursing home. Clicking on a map “pin” displays the nursing home’s contact information and provides a link [...]
Over the past two years, Alabama nursing homes safely reduced the off-label use of antipsychotic medications by 18%. Surpassing the nationwide goal of a 15% reduction. The nationwide goal is part of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ Partnership to Improve Dementia Care in Nursing Homes and the American Health Care Association’s (AHCA) Quality [...]
Joyce Beck didn’t plan on a career in long term care. She was happily raising her son and daughter. Then one day, her mother, who worked as a Certified Nursing Assistant at Haleyville Health & Rehab Center, called and said the nursing home needed some part-time help in a dietary department. “I said I would [...]
Alabama Nursing Home Association (ANHA) members today elected officers for 2015 at the association’s Annual Meeting in Birmingham. The incoming officers are: […]
Elsie Jones is an artistic lady. She’s worked with ceramics for a number of years and learned how to paint and make jewelry when she moved to Jackson Health Care Facility. She recently put those talents to good use when she learned a young relative, Matt Bryan, was diagnosed with cancer. […]
A Jefferson County nursing home earned two designations to mark the high quality of care it provides. The recognitions come from both the Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH) and the federal government. After a very thorough and demanding annual survey, ADPH inspectors found that […]
Thirteen Alabama nursing homes earned the 2013-2014 Excellence in Action award from My InnerView by National Research Corporation. This honor recognizes long term care and senior living organizations that achieve the highest levels of satisfaction excellence, as demonstrated by overall resident or employee satisfaction scores that fall within the top [...]
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