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nursing home. nursing, n 1. the performance of those activities that contribute to the health or recovery of a patient (or to a peaceful death). n 2. the application of prescribed therapies and the management of the patient and environment to assist in healing. nursing bottle caries, n dental caries of the maxillary primary teeth caused by the oral retention of milk or formula in the oral cavity. nursing home, n a convalescent facility for the care of individuals who do not require hospitalization but who cannot be cared for at home. Preferred nomenclature: extended care facility. nursing home Managed care A licensed facility which provides general long-term nursing care to those who are chronically ill or unable to handle their own necessary daily living needs; NHs are staffed by nurses, and have a physician on call.
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The purchase includes "Care Magazine," a title produced in association with The Care Show and distributed to over 20,000 care home operators and managers, care home group management executives and professional care providers. The Aldersgate Village aged care home in Rocherlea, Launceston has two months to show improvements or its licence could be revoked after a report by the Aged Care Standards and Accreditation Agency found it failed to meet 19 of 44 required standards. What started as a way for California consumers to select a high-quality long term care home from among 1,400 nursing homes has turned into a bad report card for the industry. |
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