Study finds improved care at nursing homes
A federal report shows about 35,000 fewer nursing home residents are restrained daily, a 23 percent drop from two years earlier, with fewer patients in pain. The data, collected from 16,400 facilities, supports the two year old quality program and is posted at medicare.gov for consumer use.
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Medicare.gov
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Nursing Home Pain Drops and Restraint Use Falls
Government report from the Department of Health and Human Services shows fewer nursing home residents suffer chronic pain and fewer restraints are used. Pain measurements among long term and short term residents declined 38 percent and 11 percent respectively, with overall improvement in assessments.
TSA changes pat down rules to avoid touching women
Washington TSA will instruct screeners to avoid touching women between their breasts during pat downs. The change targets comfort after complaints of invasive searches while keeping a chest perimeter focus and continuing to use hand held detectors when needed.
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Washington
Transportation Security Administration
Mark Hatfield
TSA
Blair seeks London conference to restart Palestinian peace
British Prime Minister Tony Blair met Israeli leader Ariel Sharon and Palestinian Authority head Mahmoud Abbas in Jerusalem and Ramallah to push a March London conference on Palestinian reforms. Blair said the one day meeting would bridge to the road map and back Palestinian reforms for a viable peace partner. Abbas welcomed the idea though Palestinians preferred a major conference.
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Jerusalem
Tony Blair
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Blair
Britain
United States
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Mideast
Yasser Arafat
Israel
West Bank
Ariel Sharon
Ramallah
Mahmoud Abbas
Palestine Liberation Organization
Arafat
Palestinian Authority
Gaza Strip
Abbas
Parachute maker teams with NASA to adapt jets safety
Ballistic Recovery Systems, maker of emergency parachutes for light planes, is partnering with NASA with a $670,000 grant to develop a parachute system capable of rescuing small jets. The aim is a steerable, high‑weight chute for regional aircraft, building on four safe landings since regulatory approval.
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Washington
Albert Kolk
Monashee Mountains
Earth
Kolk
Robert Nelson
Ballistic Recovery Systems Inc
Ballistic Recovery Systems
NASA
U.S
Ballistic
St. Paul
Minn
APA
White House eases forest rules in new national policy
The Bush administration issued broad new rules for managing the 155 national forests, dropping parts of earlier protections and adopting a corporate style of oversight. Economic activity gains priority with ecological health, and planning costs are expected to drop by about 30 percent as two to three year forest zoning plans replace longer processes.
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White House
Washington Post
Washington
Bush
Ronald Reagan
Sally Collins
U.S. Forest Service
Forest Service
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