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The Allendale Community for Mature Living in Bergen County, New Jersey has been named as a finalist for Nursing Home/Assisted Living Facility of the Year in the 2011 NJBIZ Healthcare Heroes Awards Program.

The facility is a pioneer in modern senior assisted living, and one of the first in its kind in the region to incorporate three fully-licensed levels of residency that offers a continuum of care in one campus-like location. This senior housing community provides residents with flexible healthcare services to meet their changing needs as well as a full complement of hospitality services and enrichment programming. For example, the Medicare-certified skilled nursing facility provides 24-hour, long-term and hospice care services. Speech, occupational, and physical therapy services are also offered, and the Rehabilitation Center specializes in treatments for joint replacement, orthopedic fractures, cardiac rehabilitation and more.

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A law which was partly ignored across the assisted living facilities based in North Carolina can render many mentally ill patients almost homeless. As per the Medicaid laws, it is illegal to keep too many mentally ill patients at the assisted living facilities, along with most of the elderly people living at such assisted living facilities.
These Medicaid laws have become a reason of worry for the families of mentally ill patients, as per the estimates, around 1200 mentally ill patients will be forced to leave the assisted living facilities, throughout North Carolina, due to the Medicaid laws. Almost forty assisted living facilities will be affected across North Carolina including three major facilities in the Charlotte area.
It has been made clear that any patient diagnosed with mental illness living in an Institute of Mental Illness (IMD) will not receive the Medicaid coverage.

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Wireless technologies are becoming standard in retirement assisted living communities as a safety monitoring solution. As more baby boomers retire it is necessary to use reliable technology to increase safety and also efficiency, especially in larger facilities. These technologies allow residents more freedom and mobility, while assuring that proper safety measures are being followed. For example, wireless sensors can instantly detect a resident's activity, so they can eliminate the need for daily check-ins.

Unlike the first generation of call systems that were implemented in facilities, wireless systems are easy to install and use, providing significant cost savings. They can be installed almost anywhere in a building without the need to run wires or pull cables. Thus they are easy to expand for new construction and upgrades.