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
Americans are required to pay for car insurance as a condition of driving. Yet very often, insurance doesn’t pay out when policy holders file a claim. 45% of auto liability and medical claims closed last year went unpaid by insurers, according to a Wall Street Journal analysis of thousands of company regulatory filings. That rate might change
Skilled Nursing News had an article discussing how profitable they have become. The average person does not think too fondly of nursing homes. It’s well known that patients face abuse and neglect in these facilities, and for many, a nursing home is a place where their loved one died or experienced a traumatic incident. However,
Protect Our Care website reported 5 out of every 8 nursing home residents and more than 5 million home care recipients rely on Medicaid. Without it, the average family would face $111,000 a year in long-term care bills — a crippling financial burden. Despite the importance of this program, Republicans have long been convinced that it
KFF reported on deficiencies in nursing homes. As concerns nursing home quality of care way heavily on the millions of Americans with a loved one in a nursing home, the Kaiser Family Foundation took a look at the nursing home inspection process. The nursing home survey and certification process is a federal-state partnership designed to ensure that