NURSING HOMES FEEL DOUBLE PINCH , FEDERAL MEDICARE CHANGES SOONER Edition

The possibility that her nursing home will run out of money keeps Ruth Baron awake at night. "I'm an early-to-bedder," Baron told a recent visitor. "They don't have enough help. ... I'm ready to go to bed and there's just nobody to put me in bed. I just can't...

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Published inPittsburgh post-gazette (Pittsburgh, Pa. 1978)
Main Author J.M. HIRSCH AND HOLLY RAMER, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Pittsburgh, Pa Pittsburgh Post - Gazette 03.06.1999
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CONCORD, N.H
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Summary:The possibility that her nursing home will run out of money keeps Ruth Baron awake at night. "I'm an early-to-bedder," Baron told a recent visitor. "They don't have enough help. ... I'm ready to go to bed and there's just nobody to put me in bed. I just can't do it on my own." Baron, 77, lives at Harris Hill Center, a nursing home owned by Pennsylvania-based Genesis Health Ventures Inc., one of several national chains that have taken a financial beating recently.
ISSN:1068-624X