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Caring for larger residents: preserving dignity without sacrificing safety: dealing with resident rights, mobility, and hygiene in the bariatric population.(Edward J. Healey Rahabilitation and Nursing Center)(Interview)
Nursing Homes
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November 1, 2003
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INTERVIEW WITH BARBARA LANDY, NHA, AND DOTTY OLSEN-DEHON, OTR
In, response to an article we published in our October 2002 issue ("Accommodating the Bariatric Resident" by Gary Lipperman and Gil Preira, page 82), Barbara Landy, administrator of the Edward J. Healey Rahabilitation and Nursing Center (formerly the Palm Beach County Home), in West Palm Beach, Florida, wrote: "I was beginning to feel that we were the only nursing home in the world who cared for this population."
That piqued our interest, so Editor Linda Zinn phoned Ms. Landy to ask how many residents her ...
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