A video appears to show a caregiver sleeping. The New York State Health Department launched an investigation of an Auburn Rehabilitation & Nursing Center employee who appears to have fallen asleep on the job. The comments are insightful.
Obamacare — the country’s largest expansion of health insurance since Medicare and Medicaid in 1965 is growing. North Carolina became the 40th state to agree to expand Medicaid under ObamacareRepublicans and Democrats came together to pass a Medicaid expansion. The Republican-controlled House in North Carolina passed the bill 87 to 24, while the Republican-controlled Senate
Psychology Today had a great article on age and relevance. Author Josh Gressel, Ph.D., is a clinical psychologist in the San Francisco Bay area and a student of Jewish mysticism. I thought it should be shared. “A man I once saw came to me because of his frustration with getting older. A hard-driving former CEO,
CBS News reported the conviction of two nursing home caregivers for criminally negligent homicide, a felony. Police charged Letticia Martinez, Jamie Johnston and Jenny Logan for the death of 86-year-old Hazel Place. They left her unattended and unsupervised for over 6 hours in the hot sun. Prosecutors with the Colorado Attorney General’s Office told CBS4 that
South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED) said two employees at the Whitten Center assisted living facility abused residents. SLED arrested Lila Denise Kerson and Lasheba Tijuandra Turner for an incident on Christmas day in 2022. According to the arrest warrants, Kerson abused the vulnerable adult. She pushed the victim’s head on the ground, stomped and kicked
The Denver Post reported another tragic and preventable death of a nursing home resident. Mary Staub froze to death on the sidewalk outside the nursing home. The temperature was around 15 degrees when the caregivers at Balfour at Lavendar Farms senior living facility in Louisville allowed Staub to leave unsupervised and unattended wearing a nightgown,