Secret settlements should not be allowed. Sunlight is the best disinfectant. Public policy should protect victims of predatory behavior. I saw a good example on Live5News. An alleged nonprofit organization is keeping its identity secret after agreeing t0 settle a lawsuit. The lawsuit involved the injury of a child. Here is the background. Jacop Hazlett
Inconsistency AARP’s Nursing Home COVID-19 Dashboard shows good and bad news. Across the U.S., the AARP dashboard shows a very uneven level of vaccination among nursing home workers. The good news is that in areas with high vaccination rates and vaccine mandates, the nursing home residents are thriving. The bad news is places with low
Medpage Today reported that a dangerous psychopath named Scott Miller provided false and fatal information about COVID treatments to misinformed patients. Miller is a physician assistant who owns and operates Miller Family Pediatrics. Dozens of COVID-19-related complaints were filed against him. Luckily, the Washington Medical Commission (WMC) suspended Miller’s license. The WMC found that Miller
What is the risk of Covid among nursing home residents now? Well, it depends. Some facilities never had a problem with the coronavirus because they were well-trained, well-stocked, and safe staffed. However, the vast majority were unprepared and unsafe. After analyzing data collected about COVID cases among Medicare recipients (“beneficiaries”) between March 1 and Dec.
Occupancy and Safe Staffing The pandemic diminished occupancy rates. However, occupancy in nursing homes have been steadily declining since the late 1970s. Back then, occupancy was 93 percent of nursing home beds nationally. Occupancy should be higher based on demographics alone. Mark Parkinson is president and CEO of the American Health Care Association (AHCA). The
Medical News Today reported some fantastic news on a new study on Alzheimer’s. Alzheimer’s disease is a neurodegenerative condition affecting parts of the brain associated with memory, thought, and language. Its symptoms range from mild memory loss to the inability to hold conversations to environmental disorientation and mood changes. Research has suggested that various factors
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