Sonia Sein got the first-ever human trachea transplant at Mount Sinai in New York. The trachea is basically a tube that transports air to and from the lungs. The medical team performed the first complete surgical transplant of a windpipe. She is breathing freely again after getting the unusual transplant. Sonia Sein spent years “trying to
The Morning Call reported a $250,000 settlement in a nursing home fall case. Lehigh County and Good Shepherd Rehabilitation will pay $250,000 to settle claims that inadequate staffing led to Shirley Leibenguth’s death. Cedarbrook understaffed its registered nurses by 30% and its CNAs 14%-22% compared with safe staffing standards. This profited them more than $2.5
Cancel Culture “I know the topic is cancel culture. I have some thoughts about that but tonight I rise to discuss freedom and our constitutional duty to protect it. Mr. Speaker, I have been privileged to see firsthand how powerful and fragile freedom is. Twenty-eight years ago, I stood outside a polling place, a schoolhouse
Transparency Market Watch had an interesting discussion with Professor Nina Kohn at the Syracuse University College of Law. A report by the Roosevelt Institute argue that private-equity firms siphon funds to the detriment of patient care. The researchers found that private-equity ownership of nursing homes increased the short-term mortality of Medicare patients by 10%. At
Single-occupancy rooms are necessary for resident safety and to prevent infectious diseases from spreading in nursing homes. It is not a luxury or just a privacy concern. It should be the cost of doing business. Plante Moran observed in a new report that the need will accelerate in the future. “Moving forward, private rooms will
Abuse and Neglect WSPA reported that South Carolina police arrested Mariquita Antionetta Mcgowan and Jasmine Lariane Tomika Carter for neglect of a vulnerable adult. The two nursing home caregivers strapped a resident to a toilet. That is sick. The caregivers left the poor resident on the toilet for at least eight hours causing significant injuries.