Economic Good News According to Bloomberg and the Wall Street Journal, American economic output jumped more than 7% in the last three months of 2021. Incredible. Because of Biden’s economic policies, overall growth for 2021 will exceed 6%. These numbers are the highest in decades. In February, Trump’s jobless rate was 6.2%. Now it has dropped to 4.2%.
Vice News investigated the for-profit nursing home chain Life Care Centers. Vice did a fantastic job explaining the failures of the nursing home industry by using Life Care Centers as an example. Brilliant. As a nursing home attorney, we hear these stories all the time. It all comes down to unsafe staffing caused by unreasonable
A nurse practitioner (NP) and physician assistant (PA) are great occupations. Both provide career alternatives to advanced healthcare roles, but not as physicians. An NP attends a nursing school. A PA attends a medical school or center of medicine. Nurses follow a patient-centered model, in which they focus on disease prevention and health education. NPs
Negligent Emergency Preparedness I have been a nursing home lawyer and advocate for over 26 years. I have heard some crazy arguments and defenses from nursing home defense attorneys. Blaming victims of sexual assault. Accusing innocent family members of abuse and neglect. Arguing frivolous or fringe medical theories. But now I have heard it all
We have handled nursing home litigation for decades. We see false documentation in almost every case. The cover up is often worse than the crime. Now, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of South Carolina reported that Tammy McDonald made fake Covid-19 vaccination cards. Tammy McDonald is a Director of Nursing in a nursing
Profits over People Unfortunately, private equity ownership in nursing homes soared in recent years. As an attorney against long-term care facilities over the last 25 years, the type of management and ownership clearly affects the quality of care for residents. The pressure to generate high, short-term profits causes private equity-owned nursing homes to reduce staffing,
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