To follow up on this morning entry, here is an article written for Hightower Lowdown discussing the current Supreme Court. Below are some excerpts: “Barely six years into Roberts’ tenure, he and his narrow majority have thoroughly politicized the Court. The one branch of our national government that was intentionally designed by the Founders to set
“If a 747 jetliner crashed every day, killing all 500 people aboard, there would be a national uproar over aviation safety and an all-out mobilization to fix the problem.” However, “in the nation’s hospitals…about the same number of people die on average every day from medical ‘adverse events,’ many of them preventable errors, such as
The Charlotte News & Observer had a great article on how the culture of nursing homes are changing. Hopefully, for the better. This culture change is long over due and is desperately needed in most nursing homes. Instead of a hospital-style nurses’ station, staff members talk with residents in an area that looks like a
Newstranscript.com had a recent article about an application filed by the Village for Health Care and Rehabilitation of Workman’s Circle for a new and different type of long term care facility. Plans call for the construction of a twostory skilled care nursing facility containing 152 beds for long-term care and sub-acute care (short-term rehabilitation) on
The Dallas News had an article about the new “Green” nursing homes that have been built. The article explains how these new homes have changed the resident’s attitudes about being placed in a nursing home. Residents and family members report other “miracles” at Holly House and its sister nursing home, Hawthorne House, which Dallas-based Buckner
Granger Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, located in Granger in Dallas County, was fined $7,500. Recently, investigators with the Iowa Department of Inspections and Appeals looked into allegations that employees at the home were attempting to get rid of an unnamed elderly resident’s cat. The woman told inspectors someone had taken her cat and put it