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In Manawatu, Horizons' One Plan is already in force, following years of Environment and High Court battles over its scope, and Environment Canterbury's Land and Water Regional Plan will likely become operative before the end of this year. And farmers around Lake Taupo now have to meet strict new rules on nitrogen leaching.
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The National Policy Statement on Freshwater is a response to declining water quality in streams, rivers and lakes in both rural and urban New Zealand. Much of the decline in rural areas is blamed on the rapid expansion of dairy farming but all agriculture will be affected by the new rules.
Under the statement, councils are expected to maintain or improve water quality, safeguard freshwater ecosystems and indigenous species and set objectives for all freshwater bodies. The proposed amendments will bring in more specific rules and establish what's called a National Objectives Framework.
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Manawatu is further through the process than the rest of New Zealand with the One Plan being completed before the NPS was formulated.
Nutrient limits in the original plan caused bitter division between council and farming interests and millions of dollars were spend on court action.
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The council is now taking a pragmatic approach, says Federated Farmers water policy advisor Paul Le Miere.
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One Plan will need modification further down the track to make it comply with the NPS, but that's likely to be matters of detail rather than a change in the overall thrust of the plan.
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The violence in the West Point slum occurred early yesterday (NZ time) and was led by residents angry that patients were brought to the holding centre from other parts of Monrovia, Tolbert Nyenswah, assistant health minister, said overnight (NZ time).
Up to 30 patients were staying at the centre and many of them fled at the time of the raid, said Nyenswah. Once they are located they will be transferred to the Ebola centre at Monrovia's largest hospital, he said.
West Point residents went on a "looting spree," stealing items from the clinic that were likely infected, said a senior police official, who insisted on anonymity because he was not authorised to brief the press. The residents took medical equipment and mattresses and sheets that had bloodstains, he said. Ebola is spread through bodily fluids including blood, vomit, faeces and sweat.
"All between the houses you could see people fleeing with items looted from the patients," the official said, adding that he now feared "the whole of West Point will be infected."
Some of the looted items were visibly stained with blood, vomit and excrement, said Richard Kieh, who lives in the area.
The incident creates a new challenge for Liberian health officials who were already struggling to contain the outbreak.
Liberian police restored order to the West Point neighbourhood overnight (NZ time). Sitting on land between the Montserrado River and the Atlantic Ocean, West Point is home to at least 50,000 people, according to a 2012 survey.
Distrust of government runs high in West Point, with rumours regularly circulating that the government plans to clear the slum out entirely.
Though there had been talk of putting West Point under quarantine should Ebola break out there, assistant health minister Nyenswah said no such step has been taken. "West Point is not yet quarantined as being reported," he said.
Ebola has killed 1145 people in West Africa, including 413 in Liberia, according to the World Health Organisation.
Other countries across Africa are grappling to prevent Ebola's spread with travel restrictions, suspensions of airline flights, public health messages and quarantines.
Nigeria appears to be making progress in containing the disease. The country has 12 confirmed cases of Ebola, all of which stem from direct contact with the Liberian-American man who flew to Nigeria late last month while ill. He infected several health workers before dying.
Since then three others have died in Nigeria from Ebola, according to figures released over the weekend.
One Nigerian doctor has survived the disease and was sent home Saturday night and five others confirmed with Ebola have almost fully recovered, said the Health Minister Onyebuchi Chukwu in a statement yesterday.
The most important part of containing the disease is to track all those who had contact with Ebola patients and to closely monitor them in order to quarantine if they show any symptoms. Nigeria had 242 people under surveillance but now 61 have been cleared and released, after completing the 21-day period without showing any signs of Ebola, said the health ministry.
In East Africa, Kenya will bar passengers traveling from the three West African countries badly hit by the Ebola outbreak. The suspension is effective midnight Tuesday for all ports of entry for people traveling from or through Sierra Leone, Guinea and Liberia, said Kenya's Health Ministry. Nigeria was not included in the ban, which also allows entry to health professionals and Kenyans returning from those countries.
Following the government's announcement Saturday, Kenya Airways said it would suspend flights to Liberia and Sierra Leone. Kenya Airways, a major transport provider in Africa flies more than 70 flights a week to West Africa.
Several airlines have already suspended flights to Sierra Leone, Guinea and Liberia, including British Airways, Emirates Airlines, Arik Air and ASKY Airlines.
Officials in Cameroon, which borders Nigeria, announced Friday it would suspend all flights from all four Ebola-affected countries. Korean Air announced on Thursday it would temporarily halt its service to Kenya despite the fact there are no cases of Ebola in the country.
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Emily Johnson's "The Thank-You Bar," Wading In the Deep End
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You never know what to expect when you walk into a modern dance/performance art installation that describes itself as "a jukebox, a roadside bar and a fish that never dies," but don't expect any of those things, especially not immortal fish.
This weekend, April 29 and 30, Diverse Works Art Space hosts Emily Johnson's "The Thank-You Bar," in conjunction with her co-curated show, "This is Displacement," which runs through June 11. While Johnson's performance piece could stand alone, it is much stronger after examining the Native Artists' own perceptions of what it means to be supplanted from their homes and identities. Johnson, herself, is an Alaskan born choreographer and curator, a native of the Yup'ik culture.
"The Thank-You Bar" extends the theme of cultural identity and Native American background through music, movement and scene. Backed by two very talented sound loopers, James Everest and Joel Pickard, Johnson creates a hollow, almost empty longing for home. The musicians, who perform together as the group Blackfish and will be doing so Saturday night, open the piece with an amplifying round of multi-instrumented noise. It starts slow, but builds nicely and was also pretty cool to watch. Anyone who plays guitar with a bow is alright in my book.
But it's Johnson who takes center stage. Her emotions emit from her body, making you feel even slightly uncomfortable. She enters the Diverse Works Theater via video, carrying a "pretend" mound of dirt. There's some symbolism in there, but she moves away from it too quickly to get to her other "big picture" topics: family, heritage, and loss of the two. She asks what's behind a name and what that has to do with your past and present. She takes apart her figurative igloo and (literally) invites you to take a piece of her home.
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Optimizing compositional images of daguerreotype photographs using post processing methods
- Jeffrey M. Davis1 and
- Edward P. Vicenzi2Email author
DOI: 10.1186/s40494-016-0080-7
© Davis and Vicenzi. 2016
Received: 22 October 2015
Accepted: 8 April 2016
Published: 27 May 2016
KeywordsEarly photography Image analysis Image processing Noise suppression Spectrum imaging XRF X-ray imaging
Examination of an entire daguerreotype plate, up to >350 cm2, by optical imaging methods to document its condition is a useful endeavor [7]. Hyperspectral imaging of whole plates, particularly in the near infrared (NIR), has proven useful for discerning features obscured in visible wavelengths by Ag sulfide tarnish [8].
This study employs scanning microfocus X-ray fluorescence spectrometry (µXRF) to reveal 2D elemental distributions of daguerreotype plates with X and Y dimensions on the scale of multi-centimeters. Chemical documentation at the object scale complements optical imagery, and in many cases, identifies/confirms a degradation mechanism for any potential treatment. Because the information regarding the image and alteration products is encoded in the top ~100–200 nm of the plate [9, 10], and the primary x-ray signal penetrates many micrometers into the Ag coating and Cu bulk, the resultant chemical signal of interest is weak. Poor signal quality, on the order of less than 10 counts per second in the spectral region of interest (ROI), generally results in an unsatisfactorily noisy image [11]. In this case, the signal is dominated by the variance inherent to a Poisson distribution. The most commonly used strategy to reduce Poisson noise involves increasing the total number of counts in the signal. This is often accomplished by brute force data collection methods, such as; (1) increasing the power of the X-ray source; or, (2) integrating the signal over a longer period of time [12]. However, because the photograph information is derived from a small mass, relative to the mass within the XRF activation volume of material, such data collection approaches are simply not efficient nor practical.
An alternative solution for improving image quality involves using image processing techniques, such as spatial binning of data over neighboring pixels, resulting in a smaller image with better statistics. Users of more advanced image processing software tools will also be familiar with techniques such as: (1) median filtering, where the statistics from eight neighboring pixels are used to reduce the noise of the image, or; (2) spline fitting, where a polynomial spline is fit to the image by rows or columns to reduce noise. These image processing techniques offer a useful trade-off of spatial resolution for improved noise characteristics over a local neighborhood of pixels. The aim of this effort is to provide an example of a data processing approach that produces improved image information quality from raw µXRF imagery. This method relies on emerging concepts and data transformations being implemented in the signal processing community. Specifically, two methods will be considered: (1) The Haar-Fisz denoising transformation; and, (2) the Multiple Resolution Analysis method. The primary advantage of using these techniques is that they are able to improve the information quality of the data without sacrificing global spatial resolution. This is made possible through mathematical transformations that decouple the Poisson relationship between the intensity to noise ratio.
Au + Hg Mα sum images were transformed into a matrix in R, a freely available open source data analysis toolset [14], and processed using the {denoise.modwt.2d} function with the Haar wavelet selected as the analyzing wavelet. Numerous software packages, both open source and licensed software, are capable of performing the requisite image processing routines. The R package "waveslim" was selected owing to the simplicity of the analysis and the availability of suitable scripts [15]. Although the code is not speed or memory optimized, it can be used to process any X-ray compositional data set. Two algorithms were used to create the images in this study. The first algorithm executes the Haar-Fisz de-noising algorithm [16], while the second algorithm performs a multiple resolution analysis [17].
The Haar-Fisz transformation
The Haar-Fisz (H-F) transform used here is a member of a class of transformations known as variance stabilization transforms (VST) [18]. These transforms are used to solve the problem at the root of all Poisson counting processes, specifically, that data variance scales with the number of counts. X-ray images are a two dimensional plot of the counts extracted from an X-ray region of interest, where high grayscale level pixels represent high counts/concentration of an element, and low greyscale level pixels represent correspondingly low counts/concentration of an element counts. The variance of the counts in each pixel in an X-ray image is equal to the number of counts in that pixel, and the standard deviation is the square root of the number of counts. It follows that the variance and standard deviation increase with the number of counts. This may seem counterintuitive, given that higher count images, collected with a longer dwell time per point, have lower noise resulting in higher quality images. Our perception of image quality is based upon a visual approximation of the ratio of the noise to the signal. Thus, a point with 10,000 counts will have approximately 100 counts of noise, resulting in an n/s ratio of 0.01, or 1 %. For lower count images, such as the compositional images in this study, noise makes up a significantly larger fraction of the data. By decoupling the relationship between the variance and the number of counts, the primary constraint on image quality can be mitigated.
While this goal may seem unachievable without suffering an undesirable trade-off, it is part of a well-established group of mathematical transformations used in the field of signal processing termed wavelet theory [19, 20]. Noise removal and image reconstruction methods are imperfect tools, but the procedures markedly improve image quality and reduce the contribution of Poisson noise. Ultimately, the goal of the Haar-Fisz transform is to change the relationship between the counts and the variance to that of a Gaussian system, rather than a Poisson system. "Gaussianized" noise is not subject to the variance constraint of a random Poisson system.
The H-F transform is a two step process, beginning with a data transformation that noise-normalizes the counts. Once the data are transformed, a series of Haar wavelets are fit to the data. Haar wavelets can be efficiently implemented in software, and they are used to represent counts/intensity data, similar to a conventional statistical model. However, rather than a single function representing the data, numerous wavelets are fit to the data. These wavelets are sorted according to the noise component. The first wavelets fit to the data are smooth functions with almost no noise. Later wavelets contain successively more noise, and the final ones are almost exclusively noise. Adding all of the wavelets together results in a near-perfect reconstruction of the original image. However, the image can also be reconstructed by taking only a portion of the wavelets. In this study, only the first 75 % of the wavelets were used to reconstruct the image, and the result is an image with the noise components removed.
Multiple resolution analysis
The final step involves reprocessing the Haar-Fisz transformed data using the multiresolution analysis function (MRA). It is common in wavelet image analysis to use multiple algorithms, iterative algorithms and other combinations of image processing techniques. However, the process outlined above for the H-F transform is very similar to the process used for the MRA. This function is an example of a discrete wavelet transformation routine whose goal is to decompose an image into a certain number of wavelet functions. The functions are sorted with regard to spatial resolution, from an entire image to a single pixel [17]. Once again, a portion of the resulting wavelets are used to reconstruct the image. The noisy components have resolutions of single pixels, while the non-noisy components have resolutions of multiple pixels. With both transformations, it is important to remember that, at some point, the wavelets are smoothing out real data and variation. The selection of which range of wavelets to use is left to the user.
The MRA solutions step has provided additional image contrast and feature improvement. Details within the collars and neck ties in the Two Boys are preserved, and several facial features, such as eyebrows and lip lines are more readily apparent. Sitting Woman MRA results are more subtle, however the visibility of the features in the hands and book are easier to discern. When compared to the reflected light image, it is clear the MRA processed Au + Hg image is not sensitive to surface imperfections and atmospheric alteration (Fig. 5c, d).
Haar-Fisz VST image processing routines provide a noticeable improvement in noisy X-ray imagery. While spatial binning of data results in the local loss of data at the several pixel level, image quality is improved without impacting the spatial resolution of the features in the daguerreotype (Fig. 7). However, it should be noted that this transform only improves spatial information quality. The spectral data from which these images are derived, remains unaltered. In the absence of performing the image transforms, one would be faced with increasingly long integration times for a data collection approach to achieve similar image quality to the results shown here. For example, an increase in dwell time by a factor of three would significantly increase the total frame time, and would only result in an improvement of approximately the square root of three in the noise of the image. For this reason the data processing approach was determined to be more desirable.
An important distinction should be made between wavelet based VSTs and other image processing and filtering techniques. Wavelet based methods, like those used in this study, are based upon the concept of sparsity. Noise, which is the random fluctuation of the signal, is a non-sparse, or ubiquitous, component of every image. Image features, such as the shapes and forms in daguerreotype photographs that are recognizable are termed, sparse features; capable of being represented by a series smooth functions. Unlike spline fitting, median filtering, or other digital filters, the purpose of the VST is to identify and discriminate between sparse and non-sparse features. As a result, they do not rely on local estimations of noise and signal, and as such, they improve the image without degrading spatial resolution of the image significantly. It should be noted that once transformed, the data can be passed through additional filters and image processing routines to further improve the information content. The two step process identified here can be implemented using a small number of lines of code (see Additional files 1, 2). Finally, the digitally processed compositional maps may be used to aid in the reconstruction of a heavily disfigured daguerreotypes given their insensitivity to Ag sulfide tarnish and other surface imperfections.
In cultural heritage research, the ability to collect large area images at high X-ray count rate is often limited by the nature of the object of interest. The specimen may be large, rough, heterogeneous, and structurally complex. Additionally, an object may be available for study within a strictly defined time frame. These constraints may limit information quality and impose practical collection time limitations on the measurement. Even when employing state-of-the-art X-ray detectors, it is impractical to collect X-ray image data over multiple days for most research groups given the demand on high cost instrumentation. The results of this study demonstrate that alternatives to longer integration times for improving the information quality of X-ray images are available. Although the intensity of the X-ray signal was low, and the resulting Au + Hg daguerreotype images were of poor quality, Haar-Fisz data transformations improved image quality without sacrificing spatial resolution. The approach presented here represents a specific wavelet theory solution one can employ among many such solutions. As the tools and algorithms used to perform these procedures mature, the implementation barrier will decrease accordingly, making it easier for non-experts to take advantage of advancements in the field of digital image processing and analysis.
Haar-Fisz transform
- μXRF:
microfocus X-ray fluorescence spectrometry
multiple resolution analysis
region of interest
signal to noise ratio, noise to signal
variance stabilization transforms
X-ray fluorescence spectrometry
Authors' contributions
JMD collected X-ray image data, conducted all facets of image and data processing/statistical routines, and co-wrote the paper. EPV provided the specimens for the study, established X-ray imaging conditions with JMD, prepared figures, and co-wrote the paper. Both authors read and approved the final manuscript.
Authors' information
JMD is an application scientist with PNDetectors, GmbH and is an XRF spectroscopic imaging specialist. Before taking his current position he was a research engineer in the Materials Measurement Science Division at the National Institute of Standards and Technology in Gaithersburg, MD, USA. He is a director and member of the executive council of the Microanalysis Society. He has organized symposia on the topic of XRF imaging and analysis for the engineering and science communities. EPV is a research scientist who specializes in microanalysis at Smithsonian Institution's Museum Conservation Institute and President of the International Union of Microbeam Analysis Societies.
The Two Boys daguerreotype was a gift to the Smithsonian Institution facilitated by Shannon Perich, Curator, Photographic History Collection. We acknowledge Melvin Wachowiak and E. Keats Webb for reflected light imaging support. Many thanks to the National Institute of Standards and Technology where the data for this effort were collected. We also wish to thank the Smithsonian Institution's Museum Conservation Institute for generous support for this project.
Competing interests
The authors declare that they have no competing interests.
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1.Bridgeview Health Care Center
8100 S Harlem Ave
1.25 mi
Nursing Homes-Skilled Nursing FacilityNursing & Convalescent HomesMedical ClinicsNursing Homes-Intermediate Care Facility
License Information:Licensee ID: 37358License Status: UnrestrictedFacility ID: 6001168Facility Status: ActiveOwnership: For-Prof CorporationBeds:Skilled : 142Intermediate: 4
2.Midway Neurological/Rehab Center
8540 S Harlem Ave
1.73 mi
Nursing Homes-Skilled Nursing FacilityNursing & Convalescent HomesHomes-Institutional & AgedRehabilitation Services
License Information:Licensee ID: 47175License Status: UnrestrictedFacility ID: 6003826Facility Status: ActiveOwnership: Limited LiabilityBeds:Skilled : 404
3.Tess Medical Ctr Inc
6824 W 65th St
1.04 mi
Nurses-Home ServicesHome Health Services
4.Exceptional Care
5701 W 79th St
1.32 mi
Nursing Homes-Skilled Nursing FacilityNursing & Convalescent HomesHomes-Institutional & AgedNursing Homes-Intermediate Care Facility
License Information:Licensee ID: 48496License Status: UnrestrictedFacility ID: 6007207Facility Status: ActiveOwnership: Limited LiabilityBeds:Skilled : 56
5.Integrity Hhc
6535 Crescent Ct
Oak Lawn,IL
2.19 mi
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6.Ardent Home Health Care
6124 W 63rd St
1.41 mi
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7.Best Care Home Health
8080 S Harlem Ave
1.27 mi
Home Health Services
8.A Heart Of Caring Home Health
10200 Mulberry Ln
1.49 mi
Home Health Services
9.Trinity Health Care
8656 Oak Park Ave
1.76 mi
Home Health Care Equipment & SuppliesMedical ClinicsHome Health Services
10.Acs Home Health Services
7450 W Archer Ave
Summit Argo,IL
1.99 mi
Home Health ServicesMedical Clinics
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11.Clear Ridge Wellness Center
6745 W 63rd St
1.25 mi
Home Health Services
12.Platinum Healthcare Services
6233 W 63rd St
1.32 mi
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13.ResCare HomeCare
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ResCare HomeCare provides personalized non-medical home care services to people of all ages, physical conditions and cognitive abilities. We offer quality in-home senior care including professional nursing, personal care, Alzheimer's care, dementia care, homemaking, companionship, respite and many other home health services in the home, the hospital, long-term assisted living care facilities and other places of residence. ResCare HomeCare nurses, clinicians and caregivers are available 24 hours a day, seven days a week, including holidays. We tailor our in-home care services to meet your specific needs. Our services can be scheduled from as little as one hour to 24 hours a day. The people of ResCare HomeCare deliver quality elderly care and compassionate support, when you want them in the comfort of your own home and community.
14.Great Lakes Caring Home Health & Hospice
Nurses-Home ServicesHome Health ServicesAssisted Living & Elder Care ServicesHospices
Great Lakes Caring Home Health and Hospice is a leading provider of a post-acute continuum of in-home health care. Since 1994, Great Lakes Caring has dedicated its resources to providing value-based, high quality care wherever our patients call home. Caring is at the heart of everything we do. It is our passion. Home health and hospice care is the reason we exist. Whether we are answering your questions or providing medical services, we embrace the act of caring. It embodies who we are, and you will see it carried out every day in how we care for our patients, our referral partners, and our own family of health care professionals. Great Lakes Caring staff is also a part of your community; they work and live in your neighborhood and treat their patients like family. Our caring values ensure that you and your loved ones never feel alone.
15.Mighty Maids-Mighty Men
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Mighty Maids-Mighty Men provides house and office cleaning to Chicago, Illinois. At Mighty-Maids, we're extremely focused on quality, and we think you'll love the results: fresh, clean homes and offices that are a joy to occupy. We offer: • Expert house cleaning • Wall and window cleaning • Laundry and ironing • Construction clean up • Carpet cleaning • Tile stripping • Pre and post move clean up In addition, we provide exceptional wood floor services, including sealing and waxing. Come to us, and we'll ensure your floor is an entity of beauty. No matter what life brings, a fresh clean home or office makes everything seem brighter. For the clean that makes you feel good, call Mighty Maids-Mighty Men today.
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16.A Place For Mom
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For over 15 years, A Place for Mom has provided unparalleled support in helping over 550,000 families find the best possible senior care options for their loved one, free of charge. Connecting those in need to a trained expert in the field who knows the communities in their area firsthand, A Place for Mom allows easy access to the right type of care for each family's specific situation. Customers receive invaluable peace of mind and time saved knowing they are in the trusted hands of an experienced advisor.
17.JEA Senior Living
Nursing Homes-Skilled Nursing FacilityRetirement CommunitiesAssisted Living FacilitiesAssisted Living & Elder Care Services
this is an excellent place very clean excellent staff warm and friendly inviroment residents look well taken care of I would highly recommend this place it is 5 stars come check it out
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Horrible! Has been a nightmare since my mom got admitted ! I don't recommend this place at all! Not enough staff! Rude! I have been waiting for half hour for someone to come and change her!
19.Arden Courts
Assisted Living & Elder Care ServicesNursing & Convalescent HomesAlzheimer's Care & ServicesAssisted Living Facilities
Arden Courts is exclusively designed for persons diagnosed with memory loss such as Alzheimer's and other dementias. Our professionally trained staff concentrates on timed and varied programs and life skills that best meet our residents' special needs promoting their well-being. Our services are traditionally associated with an assisted living residence, and because we recognize each individual's physical, mental, and social needs, we provide a safe environment where residents maintain an optimal level of activity, self-care, and independence in a pleasing environment. We promote a philosophy of care designed to support the highest practicable level of engagement and function for those experiencing dementia. We focus on residents' remaining abilities, not on what they have lost. We work to find easier ways for them to stay involved in daily life by unlocking their remaining cognitive and functional abilities and promoting their use. The layout of our center is residential by design -- small in scale and organized into four self-contained "houses." Each house has its own living room, dining room, kitchen, bath and laundry areas. We use visual cues, home-like amenities and walking paths to keep residents oriented and independent. Memory Care is all we do. For general information regarding Arden Courts, please call our general information line at 888-478-2410 between the hours of 9am-11pm. between the hours of 11pm and 9am EST, or email us at firstname.lastname@example.com. Otherwise, please call our communities directly.
20.Heartland Home Health Care & Hospice
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Home Care: Heartland Home Health Care offers a full range of traditional home health care services, as well as cardiac and orthopedic rehabilitation, pulmonary disease and diabetes care, I.V. care, physical, occupational and speech therapy and patient and family education. Our goal is to help patients restore their independence and gain control of their lives. We provide care in a way that meets our customer's needs and enriches their lives through what we call the Heartland Experience. We believe wholeheartedly in the power of the individual, the importance of relationships and the value of respect and dignity to everyone at every stage of life. Our goal is to create a positive difference in every patient's day, to make a personal connection and create memorable moments that enrich the lives of each of our patients. Hospice: Heartland's caregivers enrich our patients' lives and provide support by developing individualized care plans, setting goals, encouraging personal choices, working together in caregiving decisions and supporting meaningful experiences. Our caregivers help manage pain and symptoms, enabling patients to live life as fully and comfortably as possible. Social workers and spiritual counselors create a comforting environment in which patients and families are able to share their thoughts, hopes and concerns. And special bereavement programs provide emotional support to patients and families who need help coping. Heartland Hospice supports the patient and family wherever they are in their health care journey, and upholds the patient's and family's wishes, goals and values. At Heartland, we help preserve our patients' dignity, show them the respect that they richly deserve and provide compassionate care through our Caring Promises.
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21.ManorCare Health Services-Oak Lawn East
9401 S Kostner Ave
Oak Lawn,IL
3.77 mi
Nursing & Convalescent HomesNursing Homes-Skilled Nursing FacilityOccupational TherapistsPhysical Therapists
My mother was admitted there for rehab & minimal nursing care to treat a urine infection. She left there with a diaper rash and CDiff infection. Three weeks later she had to be re-admitted back in the hospital to treat the CDiff infection which could have been detected at Manor Care had the resident doctor or nursing staff requested a stool culture to be taken it could have been detected and she not be sent home with the infection. The facility is short staffed and medical doctor never was seen or met the family to discuss mother's medical condition.
22.Hickory Nursing Pavilion
9246 S Roberts Rd
Hickory Hills,IL
2.99 mi
Nursing & Convalescent HomesAssisted Living & Elder Care ServicesAdult Day Care Centers
Hickory Nursing Pavilion first opened its doors in the mid-1960s and has been providing quality nursing care through the caring hands of a dedicated team of professionals. Because we are a relatively small facility, each resident receives a high degree of personal and special attention from our dedicated and professional staff. They encourage each resident to try to reach and maintain an optimal level of independence for as long as possible. This helps to foster dignity and self-esteem for each resident. The key to our successful results and compassionate care is that our staff members work together as an interdisciplinary team providing vital communication and full support to each member of the team. Contact us today for more information.
23.Visiting Angels
7667 W 95th St Ste 105
Hickory Hills,IL
3.06 mi
Assisted Living & Elder Care ServicesEldercare-Home Health ServicesHome Health ServicesSenior Citizens Services & Organizations
Visiting Angels is a national, private duty network of home care agencies. We are proud to be the nations leading provider of non-medical senior home care services. Our Angels provide in-home care, elder care, respite care, senior personal care, elderly care and companion care services. With our senior home care services, elderly adults can continue to live independently in their own homes.The directors and franchisees of Visiting Angels have always held the philosophy that they are in business to provide the best care possible to seniors as well as others who need in home care while giving total respect to the care giving staff. Our network of franchised Visiting Angels home care agencies provide the very best support so that elderly clients receive top quality care wherever the need exists. That is why Visiting Angels is America's Choice In Homecare. When you choose Visiting Angels as your elder care provider, you will enjoy proactive senior home care services that are focused on the needs of your loved one. Our elder care services are designed to put you in control. We do not dictate your schedule or try to adjust your habits to meet our needs. Instead, our job as caregivers is to adjust to your routine. Our caregivers do everything possible to keep you safe and comfortable in your own home. Your Visiting Angels team is fully committed to ensuring your loved one receives the best senior home care services available. As part of that commitment, we have instituted a system of follow-up checks. The service coordinator from your local franchised office will reach out to your loved one via regularly scheduled phone calls and at home drop-in visits to ensure they are receiving the best care possible. At Visiting Angels, we do not ever want your loved one to get lost in the shuffle. At Visiting Angels, we know that choosing an elder care provider is never easy. You have many questions and concerns. You need to make the best choice for your family. We invite you to call
24.Physician Assistant Nursing Care of America
Nurses-Home ServicesAssisted Living & Elder Care ServicesPhysician AssistantsEldercare-Home Health Services
I live in another state, and decided to provide elderly care to my grandmother so she can reside in her own home. The staff at PANC are so professional, timely, and provide excellent home cooked meals for my grandmother. They provide me with text updates and pictures and it feels so great knowing she is in great hands.
25.ACC Medlink
Transportation ServicesAir Ambulance ServiceTransportation ProvidersAmbulances & Hearses
ACC Medlink has fast become the leader in long distance medical transportation services. Our services always include our personal touch, as we like to care for each patient as if they were our own family. ACC Medlink offers medical transport services in Every City, Every State & Every Country Worldwide, with corporate offices located throughout the United States that include Port Charlotte, West Palm Beach and Orlando, FL, New York City, NY, Michigan, North Carolina and Arizona. ACC Medlink is accredited, licensed and insured so you can rest assured that you are with the leader in long distance medical transportation services. We are revolutionizing the medical transport industry by utilizing some of the most cost effective vehicles that are specially configured as mobile intensive care units.For families and individuals who are unable to travel by ground, Air Critical Care provides our Air Ambulance Service.
26.Quality Home Care Service
3510 W 79th St
3.79 mi
Medical ClinicsClinicsHome Health Services
Illiana Home Medical Equipment and Supplies. Your complete service of durable medical equipment and supplies. Illiana Home Medical Equipment and Supplies LLC is a durable medical equipment and supplies company. Quality Home Care Services LTD is a home health care agency. Why Illiana Home Medical Equipment and Supplies LLC? Immediate delivery, education/training for patient, family, and caregiver, service installation, customer service, oriented management and staff, and excellent warranties.
27.Lexington Of Chicago Ridge
10300 Southwest Hwy
Chicago Ridge,IL
3.77 mi
Nursing Homes-Skilled Nursing FacilityNursing & Convalescent HomesHomes-Institutional & AgedNursing Homes-Intermediate Care Facility
my mother was here before I moved her down the street it was awful the DON Lenore was a very uncaring and her nurses were snotty My mother did not like it either would not recommend mary r.
28.Palos Hills Healthcare
10426 S Roberts Rd
Palos Hills,IL
4.32 mi
Nursing Homes-Skilled Nursing FacilityMedical ClinicsNursing & Convalescent HomesNursing Homes-Intermediate Care Facility
License Information:Licensee ID: 51136License Status: UnrestrictedFacility ID: 6010086Facility Status: ActiveOwnership: Limited LiabilityBeds:Skilled : 135Intermediate: 68
29.Chicago Ridge Nursing Center
10602 Southwest Hwy
Chicago Ridge,IL
4.11 mi
Nursing Homes-Skilled Nursing FacilityRehabilitation ServicesNursing & Convalescent HomesHomes-Institutional & Aged
Very nice place a homey place nurses and staff very caring my uncle was here and I would bring another family member here if I had to again. Nursing homes or the idea of nursing homes for a loved one is never pleasant but the people gere made it easier for us as a family and for my uncle barb m.
30.Renaissance At Midway
4437 S Cicero Ave
4.20 mi
Nursing Homes-Skilled Nursing FacilityNursing & Convalescent HomesHomes-Institutional & AgedNursing Homes-Intermediate Care Facility
This place sucks now! They won't let kids under 12 to visit their grandparents, dying or not at the nursing home. The nurses suck too, all those bitches want to do is talk, talk, talk instead of helping the patients when they needed help because they don't get paid well enough. Plus the food there is crappy, I wouldn't recommend that place to my worst enemy. My mom is a resident and it sucks she won't be able to visit her 2YO granddaughter because a 4YO boy pulled the fire drill and effed it up for the rest of us parents with young children! Have that 4YO's parents pay the fire department $450 because they couldn't keep their eye on their child!
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