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Find Nursing Homes
Learn About Skilled Nursing Facilities
Getting Started
What are Skilled Nursing Facilities?
Licensed by the state's Department of Health Services, Skilled nursing facilities have regulation and inspection requirements and provide medical care for patients
Services Offered in Skilled Nursing Facilities
Services offered in skilled nursing facilities offers high levels of care to individuals for health conditions requiring 24/7 monitoring by a medical staff.
Compare to Assisted Living
A look at the differences between assisted living and nursing homes services: facility size, staff training, residents, cost, and number of facilities in the U.S.
Myths about Nursing Homes
Today's nursing home is very different from the care given many years ago. In the past, a nursing home looked like a hospital but not today.
Nursing Home Staff
Every nursing home staff member plays an important role and has responsibility in making improved nursing home care a reality by bringing excellence
Nursing Home Administrators
A nursing home administrator is a licensed health care professional and chief executive officer for the skilled nursing facility that operates 24/7/365.
Paying for Nursing Homes
Nursing Home Costs
Here are the numbers for nursing homes costs for each state. The list shows how costs vary across the country.
Paying for a Nursing Home
Here are ways to pay for long-term care costs that puts strain and stress on the elderly and their family members to pay for nursing home care
Medicare and Nursing Homes
To be covered by Medicare for nursing home services you must meet certain criteria like staying 3 days in the hospital
Medicaid and Nursing Homes
If you have limited assets and a low-income, Medicaid might help you pay for nursing home care depending on State Medicaid eligibility rules.
Will Social Security Cover Nursing Home Costs
If you need for nursing home care and don't have the assets or a long-term care insurance plan to pay for it, use Social Security to help pay for some cost.
Making the Move
How to Find a Nursing Home
If you're looking for skilled nursing care, you might be under fire to locate one fast due to surgery or deteriorating health episode.
What to Look For When Touring a Nursing Home
Here's a guide to help you assess a nursing home during a tour when looking at skilled nursing facilities
Moving Into a Nursing Home
Moving into a nursing home is usually prompted by a debilitating chronic condition or a terminal condition requiring advanced medical care.
Nursing Home Checklist
Checklist for moving to a nursing home after selecting the facility. Here's what to take, pack,and move.
Nursing Home Trends
One changing trend in nursing home care points to fewer residents need certified beds, yet many have increased needs.
Nursing Home Technology
Technologies in nursing homes focus on remote health and safety monitoring systems which improve the care quality and efficiencies.
Medicare Quality Data
Better understand the meaning of the numerous metrics that Medicare provides for each and every nursing home that accepts Medicare.
Living in Skilled Nursing
Resident Care in Nursing Homes
Resident care remains at the center of the care planning process in nursing homes. The staff participates in listening, observing and adapts to person's changing needs.
Nursing Home Safety
Assessing a nursing home's safety is first step to improving the culture. It's the first step for family members to take when in search of a nursing home for a loved one.
Resident Activities
How families help loved ones get involved in nursing home activities to increase quality of care and physical functioning.
Loneliness in Nursing Homes
Loneliness, the feeling of emptiness, causes suffering for people at any age. But it's especially difficult for older adults living in a nursing home.
Alzheimer's Care in Nursing Homes
People living with Alzheimer's lose self-abilities like bathing, grooming, cooking, learning new information and making decisions. They need nursing home care.
Elder Abuse in Nursing Homes
A prevalent form of elder abuse happening in nursing home facilities is neglect. Here are the signs to l
Helpful Organizations
The following websites contain various information regarding skilled nursing information
Skilled Nursing Facilities, more commonly known as nursing homes, are a healthcare option for seniors that are in need of constant medical attention. Nursing homes provide the skilled nursing care, appropriate medical monitoring and assistance with activities of daily living that many elderly persons require as they age and suffer various health setbacks.
SkilledNursingFacilities.org is a senior care resource that offers a nationwide directory of nursing homes. For over 15,600 nursing homes in our directory, we provide detailed Medicare quality ratings, inspection information and filed complaints to help consumers research the best skilled nursing care options. We also strive to offer extensive information relevant to assist consumers during their senior healthcare search.
Most Popular Cities for Nursing Homes
Colorado Springs, CO
Columbus, OH
Dallas, TX
Dayton, OH
Denver, CO
Detroit, MI
Fort Wayne, IN
Los Angeles, CA
Louisville, KY
Memphis, TN
Miami, FL
Milwaukee, WI
Minneapolis, MN
Oklahoma City, OK
Philadelphia, PA
Phoenix, AZ
Pittsburgh, PA
Portland, OR
Rochester, NY
Sacramento, CA
Salt Lake City, UT


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Last fall, a string of fierce typhoons deluged metro Manila and displaced thousands. Fathers of sponsored children in CFCAís Antipolo project, members of a group known as ERPAT, which stands for ìEmpowerment and Reaffirmation of Paternal Abilities,î helped with rescue and relief efforts. Their work impressed international relief officials and as a result, the ERPAT fathers received two UNICEF grants to help non-sponsored children traumatized by loss cope with their feelings. The following account illustrates one fatherís success and demonstrates why UNICEF chose to recognize the fathers for their efforts.
By Malou Navio, CFCA Antipolo project coodinator
An ERPAT father named Federico shared his experience in helping Allan, 10, overcome the trauma caused by Typhoon Ondoy. Allan and his family stayed in one of the Antipolo evacuation centers until April.
The ERPAT fathers held activities for the children on the second floor of the center. Allan was always silent and withdrawn. He glued himself to the window, staring toward the direction where his familyís home was. He refused to take the meals served at the activities.
Then, there was an artwork activity Federico facilitated that allowed the children to express their feelings. Allan, while staying at the window, was encouraged by Federico to draw what he was thinking about and talk about his feelings. Federico is a sculptor and construction worker.
When the children finished their artwork, they sat around where Allan was. They were encouraged to share their drawings and feelings. Many children expressed loneliness that their homes were destroyed and their belongings that were lost. The group influenced Allan to talk. Allan cried because he saw his pet dog struggling from the current of floodwater until the dog disappeared. After that, their home and the surrounding homes were sinking. He cried and cried.
After his sharing, Federico asked him how he was feeling, and Allan responded that he felt better. Federico deepened the value of the activity: emphasizing that life is more precious than anything else, the acceptance of the natural disaster, the letting go of the losses, and the love of nature and God.
Federico closely observed Allan in the follow-up activities. As the day went by, Allan was interactive. He played with other children and joined them in meals. Allan and his family returned to their newly repaired home assisted by the government, and Allan resumed schooling.
Read more about the ERPAT fathers on our website.

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Sailcloth Tents Crafted Only by Sperry
Sperry: The Ultimate Wedding Tent Rental
Like you and your loved ones, each of our Sperry Seacoast Tent Rentals is unique. Hand sewn in the tradition first begun by sail maker Steve Sperry more than 30 years ago, each Sperry Tent is crafted from authentic sailcloth.
Today, a second generation of sail makers continues to create quality, artistic, one-of-a-kind rental tents to transform your wedding into an unforgettable, once-in-a-lifetime event.
At Sperry Seacoast Tent Rentals, we embody the company's tradition of attention to detail. Sperry Fabric Architecture (SFA) handcrafts every Sperry Tent in the company's post-and-beam manufacturing facility in coastal Massachusetts. Still family-owned and operated, Steve Sperry's sons, Matt and Tim Sperry, lead SFA and Sperry Seacoast Tent Rentals respectively.
For a family rooted in New England and bound to the sea, the Sperrys spent three years circumnavigating the world on a sailboat _ it is simply second nature to focus on Yankee ingenuity, making a quality tent, by hand, in a traditional way.
When you see a Sperry Tent, you'll undoubtedly notice the difference immediately. Still sewn from authentic sailcloth, each Sperry Tent has genuine polished wood center poles hand crafted of native spruce at an historic 1930s New England sawmill.
Sperry's elegant rental tents and their outdoor ambiance complement any outdoor event, from cocktail parties to wedding rehearsal dinners, outdoor family gatherings to corporate events.
Always dreamed of an outdoor wedding or destination wedding? At Sperry Seacoast Tent Rentals we will create the ultimate outdoor space for romance with your wedding tent rental, even on uneven terrain or over an in-ground pool. Our floored wedding tents, available in a myriad of sizes, all with wooden center poles, are ideal for your guests' comfort and a night of dancing.
From electrical service to heating, we have thought of all of the details to make your special event the envy of your friends. Our concierge level service provides you, your wedding planner or your event planner with professional advice on producing a destination wedding to remember with the ultimate tent rental. We coordinate an array of unique tent lighting, elegant wood flooring and all of the accessories from tables and chairs to glassware and flatware.
Choices abound at Sperry Seacoast, where we take wedding tents to another level. For lighting, options include perimeter string lights, brushed nickel onions, Asian lanterns, candelabras, bistro lighting and flood lighting. Choices for flooring include handcrafted full English Chestnut or barn board floors, bandstand staging and dance floors.
Our elegance extends to the availability of rental covered boardwalks, covered walkways and marquees, as well as our trademark tent pennants and clear tent sidewalls that may be installed in sections to protect against a breeze.
Pampering you is our number one business. Even if your plan is to be married under the stars or on a sandy beach, call on us for your rental of a "rain plan tent." Having an elegant Sperry tent rental at the ready will assure your guests have a place to take a break from the sun or wait out a rain shower. Simply put, reserving a tent rental for your guests relieves any stress you may have regarding the elements.
Considering every detail, Sperry Seacoast Tent Rentals also offers the optional service of a trained professional Sperry attendant on the day of your event. Your personal attendant will be there two hours before your event to double-check the lighting of your choice, adjust the wedding tent sides, whatever you need.
At Sperry you'll discover the pride of producing high-end weddings shows in the details of our tradition and concierge-style service and in the best tent rentals and the best wedding tents.


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Police Road, Mulgrave... outside Wellington Secondary College?
krustyklo wrote:Police Road, Mulgrave... outside Wellington Secondary College?
Sorry, nowhere near there!
I didn't really think so!
Any clues re whether it's north, south, east or west of there?
McKimmies Road, Bundoora?
Moorhead Drive, Mill Park, outside Mill Park S.C. Junior Campus?
The only thing I can is the red with white roof bus shed in the street behind 717 that might help.
krustyklo wrote:Albert St westbound in the city?
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ISO 17799: A methodical approach to partner and service provider security management
Outsourcing may relieve some of a company's burdens, but handing off business functions doesn't necessarily mean less work for security teams when sensitive information or critical infrastructure hang in the balance. In this tip, Richard Mackey explains how ISO 17799, a standard set of security best practices, can help infosec pros perform partner and service provider due diligence.
This tip is part of Ensuring compliance across the extended enterprise, a lesson in SearchSecurity.com's Compliance School. Visit the Ensuring compliance across the extended enterprise lesson page for additional learning resources.
These days, it is fairly common for a company to outsource customer-facing services or allow another organization to handle data processing and even security monitoring and management. Outsourcing allows companies to provide a wider range of services, reduce cost and focus on other tasks that will strengthen the business.
Every time an organization trusts another business entity to handle sensitive information or manage critical infrastructure, however, there are risks. Worse yet, many companies do not realize that failing to closely examine their prospective partners' security practices can lead to compromise. Organizations that are bound by regulations like HIPAA, Gramm-Leach-Bliley (GLBA) and Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) may pay an even steeper price, as these regulations explicitly require organizations to manage the risk associated with service providers.
Fortunately, enterprises can curtail partner or service provider security issues by taking a methodical approach to assessing and managing the risks. That means coming to terms with the risks and the costs of creating and maintaining these partnerships. One such approach is a partner management program based on the ISO 17799 standard.
A standards-based methodology
By definition, ISO 17799 is a "code of practice for security information management." In other words, it is a laundry list of best security practices that apply to a broad range of business environments. The standard covers areas including risk assessment, security policy, governance, access control, information classification, operations management and business continuity.
A partner management program based on the ISO standard consists of three phases:
- Inherent risk assessment – A review of how much damage could be done to a partner if information or services were compromised and there were no security controls. In other words, how bad would it be if the partner was compromised? A partner, for example, may hold critical and sensitive customer information, like credit card numbers or social security numbers. If such data is compromised, a company's reputation could be ruined. That would constitute a critical inherent risk and call for a deeper evaluation.
- Partner practice assessment – An examination of the partner to a depth commensurate with the inherent risk. For critical partnerships that demand an in-depth review, many organizations use ISO 17799. The assessment consists of a walk-through of the standard, where the partner's practices are compared to those described in ISO 17799's 133 subsections. Each of ISO 17799's major areas (including risk assessment, security policy, access control, communications and operations, physical security, and business continuity) has subsections which review best management practices.
When addressing communications and operations management, for example, the assessment walks through the administrative practices for the service provider's production environment, covering the distribution of responsibilities, the documentation of procedures, and critical control components like change control and patch management. While such an evaluation may sound straightforward, each one of the sections requires managers to carefully consider how the standard should be applied to their given business, organizational, and technical contexts. A reasonable practice for a small company where every employee knows each other, for example, may be less acceptable in large multinational organizations, and decisions must be made accordingly.
The ISO standard can also be useful in reviewing partners that provide less critical services. The standard can be used to construct a questionnaire that gathers data and assesses how well an organization and its many departments can manage the security of another company's information. Some questions that would likely appear in a questionnaire are:
- Does your organization utilize network controls to segregate the corporate and production networks?
- What mechanisms are used to ensure that only authorized application users are allowed access to data managed by the service?
- How often are backups of the service data executed?
- Has a documented incident response plan been put in place? How often does the production staff practice the plan?
- Has your organization had a security incident?
- Remediation, monitoring and periodic assessments – After a partnership is established, the work is just beginning. Any important weaknesses that are discovered should be remediated according to an agreed-upon timeline. Furthermore, the initial assessment should be used as a baseline against which future analyses can be compared. Service providers should be revisited at least once a year to determine whether anything about their environments, designs or practices has changed for the worse. Using an ISO 17799-based report card makes it possible to compare a partner's progress with the results and assessments of other partners. The accumulation of information can help establish minimum requirements for all service providers.
ISO 17799 as a common framework
While most service providers bristle at the idea of yet another security review, particularly one that goes to the depth that an ISO 17799 review calls for, most can appreciate the fact that the ISO standard provides a set list of requirements.
One of the most problematic aspects of partner reviews is their ad hoc nature. Service providers are essentially asked to play by a different set of rules for each review they face. By agreeing on ISO 17799, service providers and consumers can substantially reduce the cost of preparations and make reviews much more efficient. The result is better communication, better documentation and faster consummation of service agreements.
About the author:
Dick Mackey is regarded as one of the industry's foremost authorities on distributed computing infrastructure and security. He has advised leading Wall Street firms on overall security architecture, virtual private networks, enterprise-wide authentication, and intrusion detection and analysis. He also has unmatched expertise in the OSF Distributed Computing Environment. Prior to joining SystemExperts, Mr. Mackey was the director of collaborative development for The Open Group (the merger of the Open Software Foundation and X/Open) where he was responsible for the integration of Microsoft's ActiveX Core with DCE and DCE Release 1.2. Mr. Mackey is an original member of the DCE Request For Technology technical evaluation team and was responsible for the architecture and defining the contents of DCE Releases 1.1 and 1.2. He has been a frequent speaker at major conferences and has taught numerous tutorials on developing secure distributed applications.
Next Steps
Contributor Khalid Kark explains why ISO
17799 certification requires an organization-wide commitment.
Security expert Mike Rothman discusses ISO 17799 mapping capabilities.
Learn how to develop a security program using both SABSA and ISO 17799.


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Classic Italian-American style meatballs, huge, pillowy soft and loaded with herbs and cheese, mixed with ground beef and pork, served with a traditional tomato sauce.
Ready in:
- Prep time: 25 minutes
- Cook time: 1 hour
- Yield: Makes about 16 meatballs. Serves 8
When I was a kid, the only time we ever had meatballs was with spaghetti or in albondigas soup.
It never occurred to me that one could simply have meatballs with sauce, until I wandered into a restaurant in San Francisco and ordered some Italian meatballs, as an appetizer, or so I thought.
To me, meatballs were small little things and three of them would have made a lovely starter for the more substantial entré to follow. Hah!
My eyes practically fell out of their sockets when the meatballs arrived. They were almost the size of baseballs. Holy moly. But they were fabulous, and it just meant I had more food to share with my friends.
These meatballs aren't quite the size of baseballs though they could be if you wanted them to. Actually you could make them any size you wanted.
They're tender, loaded with herbs and cheese, a mixture of ground beef and pork, and covered with a classic tomato sauce. Enjoy!
We've used equal amounts of ground beef and ground pork. You could also use a third each of ground beef, pork and veal.
- 1 pound ground beef (at least 16 percent fat)
- 1 pound ground pork
- 2/3 cup milk (whole or 2 percent)
- 3 slices of white bread, crusts removed (about 3 ounces)
- 1/4 cup ricotta cheese
- 1/4 cup grated parmesan or romano cheese
- 2 eggs
- 2 teaspoons Kosher salt
- 1 tablespoon chopped fresh parsley
- 2 teaspoons black pepper
- 1 teaspoon dried oregano or marjoram
- 2-3 garlic cloves, minced
- About 1 cup of flour for dusting
- 1/3 cup extra virgin olive oil
- 2 1/2 cups (24 ounces) of tomato sauce (make in step 1 of method or use already prepared)
Tomato Sauce:
- 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
- 3/4 cup finely chopped onions
- 3/4 cup finely chopped carrots
- 3/4 cup finely chopped celery
- 2 Tbsp chopped fresh parsley
- 1 clove garlic, minced
- 1 28 oz. can crushed or whole tomatoes, including the juice, or 1 3/4 pound of fresh tomatoes, peeled, seeded, and chopped
- 1/2 teaspoon dried basil or 2 Tbsp chopped fresh basil
- 1 teaspoon tomato paste
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste
1 Make the tomato sauce: Heat olive oil in a large skillet on medium heat. Add the onions, carrots, celery, and parsley. Stir to coat with the oil, reduce the heat to low and cover the pan. Cook for 15 to 20 minutes until the vegetables are soft and cooked through.
Remove the cover, add the garlic, and increase the heat to medium high. Cook the garlic for half a minute, then add the tomatoes (if using whole canned, break up with your fingers as you add them to the pan.) Add the tomato paste and basil. Season with salt and pepper.
Bring to a low simmer, reduce the heat to low and let cook uncovered until thickened while you prepare the meatballs, 15 to 30 minutes.
Purée in a blender, or push through a food mill for a smooth consistency. Return to pan. Adjust seasonings.
2 Soak torn bread in hot milk: Heat the milk in a small pot until steamy. Turn off the heat, tear the bread into little pieces and soak it in the milk until it partially dissolves. Mash it until you get something that resembles a paste. Turn it out onto a plate to let it cool.
3 Make meatball mixture: In a large bowl, combine the beef, pork, ricotta cheese, grated parmesan, eggs, salt, parsley, oregano, black pepper, garlic cloves and the bread-milk mixture. Mix it well with your hands until it barely combines.
Don't overwork the mixture or it will become tough. It is OK to have some discernable bits of bread or meat in the mix; better that than overworked meatballs.
4 Form meatballs, roll in flour: Wet your hands and form the meatballs. A traditional size for this sort of meatball is 2-3 inches across, but you can make them any size you want.
Once you roll the meatball in your hands, roll it in the flour to give it a good coating. Set each one on a baking sheet as you work. You might need to rinse your hands a few times as you make the meatballs.
5 Brown meatballs: When all the meatballs are formed, heat olive oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Brown the meatballs on at least two sides. Don't worry about the center getting cooked through, as you will finish these in the sauce.
6 Finish cooking meatballs in tomato sauce: Once all the meatballs are browned, arrange them in the sauce, turning each one over in the sauce to coat.
Cover the pot and simmer gently for 15-20 minutes. Serve with the sauce and pasta or crusty bread. Sprinkle with a little chopped parsley for garnish if you want.


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Many Texas politicians swell with pride when speaking of their home state, but who relied the most on Lone Star citizens for their campaign dollars?
Houston Democrats Sheila Jackson Lee and Gene Green are at the opposite end of relying on the Lone Star State for campaign fundraising, according to a Houston Chronicle analysis.
Jackson Lee has raised 100 percent of her campaign cash from Texas in the first three months of 2013, while Republican Louie Gohmert of Tyler came in second, relying on Texans for 88 percent of his campaign cash.
Green came in last in the state in percentage of contributions from Texans, raising less than 12 percent from the Lone Star State. Green edged out Republican Ralph Hall of Rockwall, who raised 19 percent from Texans. (Note on Hall: These numbers exclude one large Texas contributor to his campaign — himself.)
The numbers come from Federal Elections Commission reports on fundraising from January thru March. Earlier, Texas on the Potomac reported on the top line numbers and top contributors to each campaign.
Jackson Lee and Green's numbers are skewed somewhat because of the small fundraising totals for both. Jackson Lee raised $20,000 and Green raised $36,000, during the period. It is unlikely they will continue to rely on a skewed breakdown of fundraising down the road.
In terms of raw dollars, freshman Republican Roger Williams of Weatherford raised the most money from Texans at $313,000. The Democrat to raise the most was also a freshman, Marc Veasey of Fort Worth, with $109,200.
Coming in last in raw dollars from Texas were Gene Green and Hall, again.
From out of state, Republican Jeb Hensarling of Dallas raised far and away the most, at $344,000. Hensarling is the chairman of the powerful House Financial Services committee, a seat that has enjoyed large fundraising hauls in the past.
Coming in second was Democrat Pete Gallego of Alpine, drawing $123,000 from the rest of the country. National Democrats have said protecting Gallego's seat is a top priority in the 2014 election.
Overall, Texas politicians raised 61 percent of all their campaign cash from Texas (in the January-March period). Republican raised 62 percent from Texas, while Democrats raised 58 percent.
How did your representative do in fundraising from the Republic of Texas? Below is a complete breakdown of percentages and totals from in-state and out-of-state. Use the tabs to switch over to see the raw dollar amounts.