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A fire at Mount Carmel (Pa.) Senior Living Community sent 20 people to area hospitals with minor injuries, according to a Jan. 4 report from NBC affiliate WGAL.

Kalispell, Mont.-based Logan Health Medical Center will close its inpatient rehabilitation unit Feb. 3, the Daily Inter Lake reported Jan. 5. 

Altamonte Springs, Fla.-based Orlando Rehabilitation Hospital has named John Laurenzana III CEO. 

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For the first time in more than 20 years, a panel of primary and specialty care experts have developed new guidelines for the evaluation of patients suspected of Alzheimer's and related diseases.

The Joint Commission has revised its accreditation criteria for assisted living communities and nursing care centers with the aim of preventing workplace violence.

At least 18 staffers at Colonial Heights (Va.) Rehabilitation and Nursing Center have been charged with elder abuse and neglect after a patient death, The Progress-Index reported Dec. 18.

CMS has launched a Nursing Home Staffing Campaign to address industry-wide workforce shortage concerns as organizations attempt to stop an impending minimum nursing home staffing rule in the courts. 

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