Nursing homes luring short-term patients
(AP)


<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070325/ap_on_bi_ge/nursing_home_rehab"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070325/capt.8de1e55e7ee740bba7f6820ca747887e.nursing_home_rehab_px105.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=NfDJQKbVmdCksWaloilLyA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="A bathroom is seen at the Willow Ridge Center in Hatboro, Pa., Tuesday, March 6, 2007. Nursing homes across the nation are rushing to reinvent themselves as they spend hundreds of millions of dollars to compete with hospitals and affiliated rehabilitation facilities for short-term, higher-paying patients. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)" border="0" /></a>AP - John Smyth needed more than the big flat-screen TV, towel warmers and homelike furniture offered at the Willow Ridge Center to persuade him to stay in the nursing home's rehab unit following knee-joint replacement.</p><br clear="all"/>

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