Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis chose to wear sparkling white, knee-high boots to watch storm clean-up. Bold fashion choice? The photo op where he wore campaign gear delayed Hurricane Ian relief efforts. He then called residents liars. Interesting way to get folks to vote for you. Still better than Trump…
WYFF reported that a South Carolina police sergeant uploaded an arrest video of onto social media. Why would he do that? What about the person’s privacy? The matter has been referred to the 12th Circuit Solicitor’s Office. The police sergeant in Florence lost his job after a video of him making an arrest was posted
The New York Times had a great article on the scourge of mandatory arbitration clauses in admission paperwork for assisted living facilities. Although arbitration is ubiquitous in modern life, it is unfair in the health care setting. When residents sign these agreements hidden among the dozens of admission pages, the facility tricks them into waiving
WCJB reported another abused resident at a nursing home. Police arrested 24-year-old Daja Rutledge for elder abuse at Charter Senior Living. The facility assigned Rutledge to the octogenarian victims. A witness saw Rutledge covering the nose and mouth of the 80-year-old resident with her hand after they heard the victim screaming. Rutledge told the witness
What is going on in Georgia? Marjorie Green Taylor gets a divorce. Now, the Republican Senate candidate gets caught paying for an abortion. Isn’t Trump-backed Herschel Walker supporting the death penalty for people who assist women with access to reproductive health care? Roger Sollenberger of the Daily Beast reported on the hypocrisy. A former girlfriend of
Federal legislation requires that facilities have a physician as their medical director. The medical directors supervise clinical care quality, policy and staff. Medical directors fill a variety of roles depending on the services a nursing facility provides. McKnight’s reported on the bipartisan bill that would require nursing homes to report their medical directors’ credentials and background