Late in August 2024, Thaddeus “Tuk” Koslik went to visit his father at Morada Senior Living’s Albuquerque assisted living and memory care facility. Sadly, Tuk never had the chance to speak to his father. He was sleeping, and three days later, he would be dead. See article here. Joe Koslik, a retired railroad worker known
Last week, a new bipartisan bill to lower the cost of insulin gained traction in the Senate. The bill aims to cap the out-of-pocket costs of insulin to $35. This would cut costs for all Americans on Obamacare and on most commercial insurance plans. Despite already financing private insurance plans, Americans in 2019 paid, on
Just last week, McKnights reported a federal watchdog confirmed the fears of many nursing home residents’ family members: their loved ones were being drugged. Probably because of unsafe and short staffing levels. A review of 40 nursing homes found that staff tends to diagnose healthy patients with Schizophrenia simply so they can administer antipsychotic sedative
States across the country are advancing bills that would allow patients to continue using medical marijuana while receiving care in hospitals and other healthcare settings. For many patients, especially those with chronic pain, cancer, neurological disease, or serious illness, the issue is about continuity of treatment and preserving some control over symptom management during institutional
The famous documentary, “Take Care of Maya,” is raising questions about the role hospitals play in protecting children. As the documentary explains, 10-year-old Maya was diagnosed with a rare and very painful condition known as complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS). To help relieve her pain, her mother, a registered nurse, pushed for ketamine treatments. However,