President-elect Barack Obama’s transition team will kick-start the process of healthcare reform with a series of meetings across the country, modeled on those his campaign held last summer.
“Providing quality affordable health care for all Americans is one of my top priorities for this country because our long-term fiscal prospects will have a hard time improving [...]

A Pro-Celebrity Pro-Am Tennis & Golf Tournament — Benefiting the Tim & Tom Gullikson Foundation auctions dozens of items and experiences to raise funds for care and support programs for brain-tumor patients and their families. Through the generosity of one of Swingtime’s sponsors, Allen Systems Group (ASG), Swingtime has been provided with two tickets to [...]

Since the eighth grade, Angela Crisp of Ventura, Calif., has known she wanted to be a nurse. In high school, she earned certification as a nursing assistant. Then, she enrolled at nearby California State University Channel Islands (CSUCI) and launched into the prerequisites for a bachelor of science degree in nursing (BSN)—anatomy, physiology and medical [...]

The number of Japanese living beyond 100 has more than doubled during the past six years to a record high of more than 36,000 this year, with women dominating the centenarian club, the government said Friday.
Japan will have 36,276 people aged 100 years or older at the end of September, surpassing last year’s 32,295. Female [...]

Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc. (NYSE:OHI) today announced that it completed the operational transfer of 13 skilled nursing facilities to affiliates of Formation Capital (“Formation”), in accordance with the terms of the Master Transaction Agreement dated August 6, 2008 and previously disclosed by the Company on August 7, 2008. The facilities were formerly leased to Haven [...]

Ronni Schultz said she can’t wait to begin seeing patients at Stony Brook University Medical Center’s new women and infants center.
“I am totally excited,” said Schultz, the associate director of nursing for women and children, as she gave tours yesterday of the new center.
The women and infants center, which has 48 new art-decorated private rooms [...]

The worst is watching her suffer the indignities of the cancer treatment. It doesn’t help matters that he’s forced to drive six hours to the nearest hospital. He must cross the border four times on the return trip, and there is always a wait at customs, in addition to interrogating questions, while his sick mother, [...]

Eight exceptional registered nurses have been awarded scholarships from the March of Dimes for graduate studies in the field of maternal-child nursing, it was announced today.
“These nurses are examples of the vision and dedication of nurses all over the country who work tirelessly to improve maternal and infant health,” said Dr. Jennifer L. Howse, president [...]

Mayor Bloomberg today announced a new Center for Economic Opportunity (CEO) initiative that will create the Nurse Career Ladder Program for 400 mainly poor and low-income New Yorkers to enter and advance in the nursing profession over the next four school years. The program fills two needs: it creates a career ladder program in a [...]

The provincial government is forecasting the Fredericton area will need an additional 111 nursing home beds by 2016.
It’s part of a prediction that the province will require 684 new nursing home beds by the middle of the next decade.
Some observers say that won’t be enough, while others say the emphasis should be on keeping seniors [...]