Sexual assaults in nursing homes are at an all time high. Many believe the cause is multifactorial. COVID has prevented family member visits which allow assaults to go undiscovered. Nursing homes are accepting sexual predators to increase low occupancy rates. Money trumps safety. Failure to Protect For example, the Buffalo News recently reported that investigators
WCNC and Fox8 reported on the disturbing complaint investigation at Accordius Health at Salisbury. North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services found workers witness a resident with dementia grab a mouse out of the trash and then swallow the rodent. They did nothing to intervene and failed to immediately tell a doctor or his family.
Happy Halloween! Ignorance is scary. Be safe.
Murder Vice reported the disturbing story of an exhausted nurse accused of murder. Japanese nurse Ayumi Kubogi admitted to the killings. Two of Kubogi’s victims, aged 78 and 88, died when another nurse inadvertently administered IV drips that Kubogi had mixed with disinfectant. Another victim, aged 88, died directly at the hands of Kubogi after she
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Americans have a constitutional right to a jury trial. AAJ released a new report, Forced Arbitration During a Pandemic: Corporations Double Down. The data shows consumer and employment forced arbitrations increased dramatically during the pandemic. Of course, consumer and employee win rates decreased. Despite roughly 60 million workers being subject to forced arbitration provisions at