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OSHA is initiating a regulatory review of its existing safety and health standards in response to the President’s Executive Order 13563, ‘‘Improving Regulations and Regulatory Review’’ (76 FR 38210). The agency conducted similar regulatory reviews of its existing...

Beyer Farms has gone out of business and is not delivering milk as of this morning, December 12th, 2012. For years, Beyer Farms has been the main distributor for Tuscan Dairy Farms, which is owned by Dean Foods. If you use Tuscan/Beyer, please note that Prime Source...

The holiday season is a time when family members are more likely than usual to visit their loved ones in long-term care facilities. Out-of-town relatives may be making their annual visit, or grandchildren off from school might be stopping by to see Grandma or Grandpa....

A nice hot bath is one of life’s simple pleasures. However, bathing a resident with dementia can be a frustrating—and even dangerous—aspect of caregiving. It’s not uncommon for a person with Alzheimer’s or another dementia to argue about needing a bath because he or...

Dear Valued Customers, I would like to wish you and your family a very Happy Chanukah this holiday season. This week, Jewish adults and children alike will join together to light the menorah, spin the dreidel and sneak in an occasional extra piece of doughnut! We...

"As health care is changing, many facilities are training and hiring nurses with higher qualifications due to the trends of patients that are being referred to our skilled-nursing facility or as some refer to as nursing homes," said Melanie Henry, executive director,...

The stability in nursing care market fundamentals continues, as occupancy remains essentially flat. In the third quarter of 2012, nursing care occupancy was 88.0 percent, an increase of 10 basis points from the prior quarter and a 30 basis point decline during the...

Exercise may help older adults stave off heart failure by protecting against early stages of damage, a longitudinal study showed. Compared with the most sedentary seniors, the most physically active were 50% to 70% less likely to see increases in markers of cardiac...

Patients with diabetes are more than twice as likely to have hearing impairment than individuals without, according to a recent study accepted for publication in The Endocrine Society's Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (JCEM). The study's lead author...

Hurricane Sandy has affected many of you in different ways. A common request which we have been receiving is for a high-quality, temporary solution for outsourcing dietary. We are happy to announce that Prime Source GPO has partnered with several commissaries in NY...