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Sanctions, fines imposed on assisted-living facilities in Fla.

Last updated Tuesday, June 14, 2011 - 11:47pm

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — After years of failing to crack down on abuse and neglect in Florida’s homes for the elderly and disabled, the state agency that regulates assisted-living facilities quietly imposed sanctions and $125,000 in fines on 46 of the worst abusers in May in response to an investigation by McClatchy Newspapers.

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Purple Heart winners to be honored at nursing home

Standard-Examiner staff

Last updated Friday, April 22, 2011 - 11:22pm

OGDEN — The Military Order of the Purple Heart is looking for any Utah veterans who won the Purple Heart so their names can be put on monuments at the George E. Wahlen Veterans Nursing Home.

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April 6, 2011 -- Dawn Vraa, a wellness coach at Cerenity Care Center-Marian in St. Paul, Minn., encourages Herman Kapla, left, and Irv Rubbelke in an exercise class designed to reduce the risk of dangerous falls. Aide Lorri Vance helps Rubbelke. (Elizabeth Flores/Minneapolis Star Tribune)

Nursing-home residents pumping iron

Minneapolis Star Tribune, Warren Wolfe

Last updated Wednesday, April 6, 2011 - 2:10pm

Rolling his wheelchair down the hall after exercise class recently, Herman Kapla paused to assess the results of the vigorous new workout program at the St. Paul, Minn., nursing home where he lives.

"Oh, I don't know. I'm pretty much the same," the 98-year-old said. "Well, except I can stand up now."

In 13 Minnesota nursing homes run by Duluth-based Benedictine Health System, nurses and aides are expressing amazement at changes they see in more than 650 residents who are stretching, standing, squatting and lifting weights in an experimental program designed to reduce dangerous falls.

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