Eilon Caspi is the Assistant Research Professor of Health, Intervention, and Policy at the University of Connecticut. He wrote a fantastic article about resident to resident assaults in nursing homes. These preventable incidents are prevalent in nursing homes. He is a gerontologist and dementia behavior specialist. He literally wrote the book! His film, “Fighting for Dignity,”
Trump attacked South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham as a RINO. Yes, Trump dubbed Graham, a lifelong Republican, a Republican in Name Only, in an interview with Newsmax. Vanity Fair mocks the whole drama.
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure declared that “Vaccine requirements work.” She once again urged healthcare facility administrators to increase efforts to get workers vaccinated against COVID-19. Brooks-LaSure wrote: “We have seen that health care systems that implement vaccine requirements are not experiencing dramatic staff losses. Vaccinated staff are instead more available
No Legal Requirement The Tribune-Review published an incredible report on sexual predators in the nursing home industry. Justice Department statistics show that even after 15 years, 24% of convicted sex offenders will commit another sex crime. South Carolina law does not require nursing homes to disclose if sexual predators are living with your loved ones
USA Today wishes to honor the lives lost in nursing homes due to COVID. We hope that people who lost loved ones may consider adding their names. Here’s a link to the page, which will be hosted on their website: https://www.usatoday.com/storytelling/remembering-covid-nursing-home-deaths/ The project may help prevent the next pandemic.
Verdict The Arkansas Democrat Gazette reported that an Arkansas federal magistrate judge recommended $10 million to compensate the family of an abused and neglected vulnerable adult. Lois Marie Rack suffered a wrongful death at the age of 52 after only two months in Skyline’s Hillview Post-Acute and Rehabilitation Center. Marie developed pressure injuries despite her care