Juvenile Kemp’s Ridley Sea Turtles at NEAq Rehab

Juvenile Kemp’s Ridley Sea Turtles at NEAq Rehab – Turtle Journal visits the New England Aquarium to see the cold-stunned juvenile Kemp’s Ridley sea turtles that staff and volunteers of the Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary rescued from Cape Cod beaches this last fall. After extensive medical care, they are currently in long-term rehab at the NEAq in Boston.

Rehab, acute-care center coming to Pineville

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Carolinas HealthCare System and Carolinas Specialty Hospital are partnering to build a $ 40 million, 86,500-square-foot building to house a rehabilitation hospital and a long-term acute care facility on the CMC-Pineville campus. CAROLINAS HEALTHCARE …
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With Medicaid, Long–Term Care of Elderly Looms as a Rising Cost

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Many people assume that Medicare will cover long-term care, but at most it covers 100 days of rehabilitation, not so-called custodial care — the help with activities of daily life, like eating and bathing, that the aged can need for years. To be …
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Northern California Rehabilitation Hospital is no more

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The 74-bed hospital is in the midst of another makeover — as a long-term acute care facility. "Now we're really going to confuse them," Jones said with a chuckle. "Long-term acute care is very different from long-term care." Typically, patients in the …
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