NEWS
By William Thompson and William Thompson,Staff Writer | February 28, 1992
EASTON -- The state medical examiner has found traces of morphine in the remains of a 91-year-old Eastern Shore woman whose body was exhumed last week to determine whether she was given a lethal dose of a powerful painkiller at a Worcester County nursing home.According to a preliminary autopsy report released by the medical examiner's office in Baltimore and made public yesterday, toxicological tests revealed an undisclosed level of the drug in tissue samples taken from the body of Maidie Lang Shay.
BUSINESS
By Jane Bryant Quinn and Jane Bryant Quinn,Washington Post Writers Group | April 6, 1998
I GOT A letter from a familiar address -- Niagara Falls, N.Y., the place where I grew up. The question it asked could have come from anywhere today. "A financial planner thinks I should buy a tax-deferred variable annuity. What do you think?"Salespeople are selling annuities to anyone who breathes. The reason is simple. They earn big commissions, in the 5 percent to 7 percent range.You don't notice this commission because it's not deducted up front. In fact, the annuity brochure may boast, "No initial sales charge."
NEWS
By Mary B. Moorhead and Mary B. Moorhead,Knight Ridder/Tribune | December 19, 1999
Do you wonder what it would be like if your doctor had chosen to be specifically trained in geriatrics, felt proud to work with seniors and gave you the very best attention, respect and treatment? Can you imagine a hospital just for seniors? And what if this care were free or at minimal cost?The Institute of Geriatrics at the University of Montreal, Canada, has it all, which I discovered when I spent a day touring the facility. The institute is a teaching center, international interdisciplinary research center and a multicare hospital, all under one roof.
NEWS
By Edward Gunts and Edward Gunts,Staff Writer | March 10, 1992
A company in Mystic, Conn., has been selected over five other bidders to acquire the former North Charles General Hospital at 2800 N. Charles St. and has until early April to move ahead with its plans for a "high-skill, high-tech" nursing home on the property.Mariner Health Systems, a company with eight other facilities containing a total of 1,000 nursing home beds, has offered to buy the vacant hospital from the Johns Hopkins Health System for $4 million, according to Hopkins spokeswoman Joann Rodgers.
NEWS
By Frank D. Roylance and Katherine Smith, The Baltimore Sun | July 7, 2010
With Baltimore headed for a second straight day of triple-digit temperatures, health authorities ordered that all residents be moved from a Baltimore nursing home plagued with air conditioning problems. The 150 residents of Ravenwood Nursing and Rehabilitation Center on West Franklin Street are being transported to new locations, said David Paulson, communications director for Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. About 40 residents were moved Tuesday — after a resident called 911 to report stifling temperatures — but conditions did not improve markedly, so officials called for the broader relocation in the pre-dawn hours Wednesday.
NEWS
By Helen A. Monico | October 3, 1990
AS I AM NOW approaching the twilight time of life, I cannot help but wonder if I will ever be a resident in a nursing home. The people who live in nursing homes seem to be either aged, incurable convalescents, or the mentally ill and disabled, dependent on constant custodial care. Perhaps there are a few who were discarded by their families. I shudder when I think about living in a house of strangers.I live close to a nursing home and am familiar with what goes on there. Sitting in my kitchen I have often heard strange sounds coming from the rooms.