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Golden LivingCenter - Prairie Hills News

• Well: Why Patients Can't Sleep at the Hospital

  Sep. 07, 2011

  Sleep is necessary for healing, but the drama of fractured sleep plays out night after night in hospitals everywhere.
  
  

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• Drugs Beat Stents Against Stroke Recurrence in Study

  Sep. 07, 2011

  A new government-funded study found that aggressive use of cardiovascular drugs is much more effective in preventing a recurrence of stroke than deploying a stent to prop open narrowed arteries in the brain.

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• Side benefit of statin drug includes lower infection rates

  Sep. 07, 2011

  Some people must be asking themselves: Is there nothing statins can't do? New research suggests that atorvastin (Lipitor) is not only successful at reducing the risk of coronary heart disease and heart attacks, but also reduces the risk of acquiring a potentially fatal infectious disease.

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LivingCenter Newsletter

• A Word From Our Executive Director ...

  Oct. 01, 2011

  Fall has arrived and our maintenance staff are changing from air conditioning to heat. This process is lengthy and with the fluctuations in temperatures at this time of year, bear with us if temperatures take time to adjust. Our State Survey was conducted Aug. 26 - 30. We received eight deficiencies. The staff are in the process of making a plan of correction for those deficiencies. One deficiency was related to smoking and safety. The north porch area has been converted to the designated smoking area for the facility. This is the only area on facility grounds where residents and visitors may smoke. Have a safe and happy fall season.

• Prairie Hills Management Team

  Oct. 01, 2011

  David Gross	Executive Director
  Lisa Weber	Director of Nursing Services
  Denise Silbernagle	Business Office Assistant
  Gail Stotz	Business Office Manager
  Dorothy Fischer	Medical Records
  Gloria Keszler	Central Supply
  Sherry Gamet	Director of Clinical Education
  Christine Francis	1st Floor Nurse Manager
  Clay Schweitzer	2nd Floor Nurse Manager
  Neil Jensen	Dietary Manager
  Marie Phillips	MDS Coordinator
  Crystal Roberts	MDS Coder
  Alysha Pace	Activities Director
  Angela Wiedrich	Social Services Director
  Lori Kline	Social Services Assistant
  David Barraclough	Rehab Program Coordinator
  Kathryn Vesely	Environmental Services Director
  Jay Roach	Senior District Maintenance Lead
  Brent Cramer	Maintenance Assistant

• October Birthdays

  Oct. 01, 2011

  10/5	Mildred Hansen
  10/7	Dennis Brant
  10/18	Raymond Lamont
  10/18	James Ball
  10/19	Harold Hoover