Managing the clinically anticipated Medicare Part A length of stay
McKnight’s Long Term Care News
Activities of daily living: Including basic bathing, dressing, grooming and hygiene tasks, as well as home management responsibilities, including shopping, cooking, cleaning, yard work, home maintenance, pet or child care responsibilities, …

Winnipeg landlords notice more crime in apartments
CBC.ca
But landlords find themselves caught between a rock and a hard place when they suspect criminal activity is happening in their properties, says Avrom Charach of the Professional Property Management Association, which represents most of Winnipeg's …

Auburn-area community calendar | Jan. 25
Auburn Reporter
Admission: $10 adults; $8 for seniors (weekdays only, 62 and older); free (with ID) for American Horticulture Society members, and free to children 16 and under. Two-day passes: $16 adults, $12 seniors. Weekday discount coupons available at …

GC: Walk a mile in Gary Moses' shoes
Victoria Advocate
11:45 pm – He arrives at the Church at Spring Creek for Operation Christmas Child. He meets with event organizers and talks to students from East and West Victoria high schools who come in to drop off boxes to be sent overseas to children.

Loudoun community calendar, Jan. 26-Feb. 2, 2012
Washington Post
Animal emergency preparedness, part of a series of workshops to help livestock and pet owners, presented by agricultural extension agent Corey Childs,and Shea Poor, a professor of equine studies at Virginia Tech. 6:30-9 pm, MARE Center, 5527 Sullivans …

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The Preparedness Guys / Be ready for an emergency
Westport-News
Michael J. Vincelli is the director of emergency preparedness/response for the Westport Weston Health District. Pete: With the New Year and the snow months upon us, Mike and I want to discuss winter weather preparedness. Mike: That's right.

Emergency and Severe Weather Preparedness: Do You Have the Right Equipment?
Sacramento Bee
Keep bystanders, pets, and children at least 75 feet from the machine while it is in operation. Stop the machine if anyone enters the area. Utility vehicles may seem like a luxury, but if you are in storm-prone areas of the country, they can be an …

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UPDATED RED CROSS SHELTER LIST
KMAS
The Red Cross will continue to monitor outages and temperatures, and will work closely with local emergency management officials to determine ongoing disaster-related shelter needs. Several municipalities will continue to operate warming centers.

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MEMA issues ice safety precautions
Wicked Local
By Anonymous As temperatures drop, and bodies of water throughout the area begin to freeze over, the Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency (MEMA) has issued information regarding safety precautions to be taken on our frozen lakes, rivers and ponds.

How preparing for the worst pays off
PressZoom (press release)
17, the Office of Emergency Management for Stanford Hospital & Clinics and Lucile Packard Children's Hospital led hundreds of employees from both hospitals through just such a scenario as part of a statewide emergency exercise.