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HOME IS WHERE THE HEART IS: Save the date for the September 2012 Fall Fair!
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There are many things you must carefully consider when choosing a nursing facility for yourself or a loved one.
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Washington, DC – In advance of President Obama's annual address to Congress, the American Health Care Association and the National Center for Assisted Living (AHCA/NCAL) today released its own assessment of the long term and post-acute care profession, citing significant and innovative movement in providing a higher level of quality care. Future cuts, however, could potentially impact that care, the Association said.
The Oklahoma Health Care Workforce Center launched a new permanent Web site at www.ohcwc.com. The Web site will be a valuable resource to all health care providers. Oklahoma is expected to have a shortage of more than 3,000 nurses, 500 lab technicians, 400 physical therapists, 300 surgical technologists and 200 occupational therapists by 2012.
In addition, Oklahoma hospitals have the greatest need for clinical employees including the following fields: nurses, respiratory therapists, imaging technologists, pharmacists, medical and laboratory technologists, physical and occupational therapists and scrub/surgical technicians.
With these startling statistics, the primary goals of the OHCWC are:
