Sounding the Alarm on Texas' Nursing Home System

25% of the state's 1,200 long-term care centers have been cited for serious standard deficiencies

"...of North Austin that a 90-year-old resident of a nursing home had accused one of its employees of abuse...."

Oct. 20, 2017 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

Nursing-Home Families Want Answers as COVID Comes Back

Still seeking safety as the data remains unclear

"...Austin City Council passed a resolution meant to fortify nursing homes and protect their residents from the ravages of..."

July 3, 2020 News Feature by Margaret Nicklas

Knowledge Is Power as Nursing Homes Combat COVID-19

There’s a lot we don’t know about the pandemics’s toll in care centers, but what we do know is bad

"...with the tragic story of Life Care Center, a nursing home outside Seattle where dozens of residents succumbed to..."

May 22, 2020 News Feature by Margaret Nicklas

Opinion: Let’s Double ACC’s Nursing Program

We need more nurses now, and Austin Community College's highly ranked RN program is the place to make that happen

"...to focus and support ACC to double its Registered Nursing program. We faced a chronic and dangerous nursing shortage..."

Jan. 28, 2022 Column by Steve Jackobs

As Nursing Homes Reopen to Visitors, Will They Stay Safe?

Caring, with caution

"...Residents of nursing homes have gained new pathways to reunite with family..."

Nov. 20, 2020 News Feature by Margaret Nicklas

Questioning Nursing Ratios

"...(including new graduates) – not those drawn back to nursing due to ratios. 2) From June 30, 1999, to..."

Feb. 26, 2009 Postmarks

Support Babies Nursing in Public

June 12, 2006 Postmarks

The Peanut Butter Falcon

This modern Huck Finn may not innovate, but you can't deny its heart

"...a young man with Down syndrome, escapes from the nursing home where he resides due to the inability of..."

Aug. 9, 2019 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Where the Money is

"...Mel Brooks, Dom DeLuise, and Marty Feldman around a nursing home while in a turbo-charged wheelchair (Silent Movie) is..."

April 14, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Power Rangers

A new generation of teens with superpowers must save the world

"...introduces himself; Black Ranger Zack is a defiant kid nursing a bedridden mother; and Trini, a misunderstood girl with..."

March 31, 2017 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Other Woman

Cameron Diaz, Leslie Mann, and Kate Upton play gals who team together to ruin the mutual philanderer in their lives.

"...the betrayed can be more fun and effective than nursing one’s wounds in solitude. Still, the film’s demonstration of..."

April 25, 2014 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Grudge Match

This boxing riff stars Stallone and De Niro, but it's hardly the stuff of Rocky vs. the Raging Bull.

"...count. Two veteran actors playing two aging warhorses, both nursing the 30-year-old titular grudge, are brought together to finally..."

Dec. 20, 2013 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Stand Up Guys

The film stars Al Pacino, Christopher Walken, and Alan Arkin as a trio of petty crooks who reunite postretirement to settle some old scores and rediscover the meaning of friendship.

"...and bust their pal Hirsch (Arkin) out of a nursing home. Turns out Doc has a secret: He has..."

Feb. 1, 2013 Movie Review by Leah Churner

How to Train Your Dragon

Soaring animation should make this story about a Viking boy who befriends his enemy a perennial favorite.

"...conquering the clan’s dragon problem: Make love, not war. Nursing a downed Night Fury, the most feared of all..."

March 26, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

That Evening Sun

Hal Holbrook has the lead role as a crotchety but wily old-timer in this Southern-fried melodrama.

"...cast as Abner Meacham, an 80-year-old runaway from the nursing home where his son Paul (Goggins) has parked him...."

March 19, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Ladies in Lavender

Even though grande dames Maggie Smith and Judi Dench share the screen in this drama, their immense talents are mostly wasted.

"...tumultuous storm the night before. In the process of nursing him back to health, the sisters become attached to..."

June 17, 2005 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Assisted Living

Greenebaum's superstylized first feature attempts to mesh fiction with nonfiction while remaining a narrative, and it attempts to do it almost entirely in the confines of a nursing home, entirely in one day.

"...do it almost entirely in the confines of a nursing home, entirely in one day. The residents are real...."

April 8, 2005 Movie Review by Shawn Badgley

Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason

Cast is excellent; movie is OK; men and women are soooo different.

"...in Wonderbra. (Note to self: Does Wonderbra come with nursing flaps?) Lovely timing for physical comedy – good news..."

Nov. 12, 2004 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

The Notebook

The love sap flows freely in this movie romance told in retrospect.

"...there’s a present day that must be attended to. Nursing-home resident Duke (Garner) reads aloud from the notebook to..."

June 25, 2004 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Strangers in Good Company

"...the acting is improvisational. Scott found her cast in nursing homes and senior citizen clubs. The camera impassively watches..."

Oct. 11, 1991 Movie Review by Kathleen Maher

The Luv Doc: Baggage

Or, why venereal disease is so rampant in nursing homes

"...That's probably why venereal disease is so rampant in nursing homes. Past a certain point, who has time to..."

Nov. 3, 2023 Column by The Luv Doc

Johnny Gimble 1926-2015

The first name in Texas fiddlers

"...of Texas swing died of stroke-related ailments at a nursing home in Marble Falls...."

May 11, 2015 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

The Hightower Lowdown

Terrorists attack, and security enthusiasts "protect" us; nursing homes abuse the elderly, and the answer is … deregulation?; and money management firms give the wealthy a shoulder to cry on.

"...Nursing Those Profits..."

Sept. 28, 2001 News Column by Jim Hightower

Capitol Chronicle

The Legislature enters the home stretch -- two weeks to go.

"...children's health insurance and improved Medicaid reimbursement rates for nursing homes. At issue were two of the three big-ticket..."

May 18, 2001 News Column by Michael King

(Don't) Take Them out at the Ball Game

At Dell Diamond, there's more than one kind of boob to be found in the stands.

"...Mom doesn't unfasten her bra and start feeding her nursing babe, that is. In Round Rock, it seems, that's..."

May 19, 2006 News Feature by Melanie Haupt

It's a Wrap!

A Legislative Wrap-Up on the 77th Session

"...and evening of deliberations -- the heaviest lifting concerned nursing-home legislation -- Wilson (a maverick Houston Democrat who, when..."

June 1, 2001 News Feature by Michael King

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...Not Enough Nurses at Nursing Homes: This week, Community Impact took a look at..."

June 7, 2024 News Feature

A Good Coffee Shop Is Not That Hard to Find

Finding home in the bottom of a cup

"...at Houndstooth on North Lamar, drinking a cappuccino and nursing a 1-year-old under a sweater. An old man walks..."

Oct. 16, 2015 Food Feature by Heidi Meurer

Critics of ARA Deal Still Wary

When is a dead deal really dead?

"...Is the proposed nursing home project on East 12th Street really dead? Some..."

Oct. 30, 2009 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Tort Reform Dangerous

"...by the fact that my mother lives in a nursing home. Tort reform has reared its ugly head in..."

Aug. 18, 2003 Postmarks

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