Hand, foot, and mouth disease is often confused with foot-and-mouth disease (also called hoof-and-mouth disease), which affects cattle, sheep, and swine. However, the two diseases are caused by different viruses and are not related. Humans do not get the animal disease, and animals do not get the human disease.
Over the past five years, the median annual cost of private nursing home care has jumped 24% from $67,527 to $83,950, according to Genworth's 2013 Cost of Care Survey, based on data from nearly 15,000 long-term care providers.
Residents of Mason City and many of the surrounding towns raised over $700,000 to build our nursing home. Mason City Area Nursing Home opened in 1989 with just six residents. It was projected that it would take four years to fill the facility; however, in just one and a half years, that goal was realized. Today, we are a community-owned, 97-bed facility offering three levels of care - shelter, intermediate, and skilled.