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There is a science to designing healthcare facilities, and in this issue we'll show you how one company turned an Upstate New York nursing home into a warm and happy atmosphere for its residents. Enjoy reading, and we'd love to hear some of your healthcare design success stories.
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Healthcare Design
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 Critical Decisions with
Far-Reaching Consequences
Healthcare Facility Design is a groundbreaking
field that plays a vitally significant role in the well-being and recovery of
patients. Color, furniture, lighting, room layout, flooring etc. are important
decisions with far-reaching consequences and are much more than issues of
taste, trends and style.
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ESAAL's Annual Conference and Trade Show
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 Challenges · Changes · Choices
ESAAL would like to thank everyone who
participated in "Challenges, Changes, Choices", ESAAL's 30th annual
Conference and Trade Show. Stay tuned for information on next year's
event!
Click here to view photos from this year's Conference and Trade Show. |
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Meet the Man Behind the Voice
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 Hank Cassidy has joined the firm of Horan, Martello, Morrone, P.C.
Hank served as the former Chief Healthcare Fiscal Analyst for the Bureau of Long-Term Care Reimbursement, and was an integral part of the NYS Department of Health. For thirty years, he was always ready and available by phone to answer any questions with his trademark courtesy and joviality. Serving as the bridge between NYSHFA and the State, he went out of his way to be of assistance, smoothing out complications when necessary.
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Depression Linked to Obesity Mainly in Women
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 By Crystal Phend, MedPage Today
SAN FRANCISCO, May 20 -- Depression may be more closely associated with obesity in women than in men, researchers found.
Overall, obese women were 3.9 times more likely to be depressed than normal weight women (P=0.04),
Tuan-Anh Nguyen, M.D., M.P.H., of Maricopa Integrated Health System in
Phoenix, Ariz., reported here at the American Psychiatric Association
meeting.
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Looking forward to seeing you at the NYSHFA Convention!
Sincerely,
Ruth Folger Weiss
LTC Administrator |
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