Monday, April 25, 2005

Drug Rehab and Alcohol Rehab News

Caring spawns Seder for West Newton rehab center (Boston Globe)

For years, Rachel Geller picked up her Aunt Sally Miller at the West Newton Health and Rehab Center on the Jewish holidays and left feeling a pang of guilt. As they walked out the door, she would look back and think of all the other residents, many in their 70s and 80s, left behind to observe the holidays without family.

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Donatella Versace says after rehab stint, she has 'all new habits' (Houston Chronicle)

NEW YORK - Donatella Versace has designs on staying sober after a trip to rehab last year. The fashion guru tells the May issue of Vogue that her 18-year addiction to cocaine began at 32, when she mostly used the drug at parties in New York and Los Angeles.

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This rehab's patients stay wild (Denver Post)

Boulder County - The baby raccoon felt like ice when Ron Patton found him a few weeks ago. Patton and his wife, Sandy, had discovered the kit in the woods along a boulder trail, umbilical cord still attached. The baby was crying and wandering blind. Mom, Ron Patton said, was nowhere to be found.

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Board OKs park rehab plans (Washington Square News)

The $1 million NYU donated last year to refurbish Washington Square Park has become part of a larger project to make a significant renovation of the park’s facilities, community organizers said.

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BOLI: Alcoholic can be entitled to time for rehab (Corvallis Gazette Times)

QUESTION: My employee has just told me that she is an alcoholic and needs four weeks off to enter a rehabilitation program. Do I have to give her this time off?

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AMRPA Disappointed by GAO Rehab Hospital Study and Raises Concerns About Report's Lack of Meaningful Recommendations (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)

The American Medical Rehabilitation Providers Association , the leading national trade association representing over 450 freestanding rehabilitation hospitals, rehabilitation units of acute care general hospitals and numerous outpatient rehabilitation services providers, criticized the newly released rehab hospital "IRF" report by the Government Accountability Office .

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Notes: Berkman closer to joining Astros (MLB.com)

ST. LOUIS -- Lance Berkman inched a little closer to rejoining his Houston Astros teammates on the field when he departed St. Louis for Kissimee, Fla., on Sunday to begin a rehab stint with the club's extended spring program.

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Notes: Rain hinders Miller's comeback (MLB.com)

ST. PETERSBURG -- Red Sox right-hander Wade Miller has encountered an annoying obstacle in his quest to return to the active roster. While his arm continues to feel fine, Mother Nature got in the way of Miller making his scheduled rehab start for Double-A Portland this weekend.

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MLB notebook: Bonds expecting to rehab soon (Seattle Times)

Barry Bonds had fluid drained from his injured right knee earlier this week and expects to resume his rehabilitation this week. The San Francisco Giants...

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Donatella tells all (Miami Herald)

in Vogue interview Donatella Versace has designs on staying sober after a trip to rehab last year. The fashion guru tells the May issue of Vogue that her 18-year addiction to cocaine began at 32, when she mostly used the drug at parties in New York and Los Angeles.

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