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A popular Adelaide mushroom grower is preparing to host the first of a series of Collision Courses, where art, live music and food intertwine.

More for-profit investment groups are buying skilled care nursing facilities and experts say the only way for them to be profitable is to reduce the quality of care.

Shelly Olson's mother, who has dementia, has lived at the Scandia Village nursing home in rural Sister Bay, Wisconsin, for almost five years. At first, Olson said, her mother received great care at the facility, then owned by a not-for-profit organization, the Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Society.

For-profit groups own more than 70% of U.S. nursing homes. Industry leaders and researchers wonder whether corporations and investors can succeed where not-for-profit organizations have struggled. Or, will quality of care suffer in the name of making money?

Industry leaders and researchers wonder if investors can succeed where nonprofits struggled. Or will quality of care suffer in the name of making money?

A cross country bus route serving the Shannonside region is to be withdrawn next month.

A St. Louis staffing contractor says Town and Country Health and Rehab owes him thousands of dollars.

The Abel Heywood will close on February 25 and reopen by March 9

Critics said its common for nursing home owners to use taxpayer money to pay themselves with virtually no accountability.

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