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The January jobs report showed the U.S. added 467,000 jobs. Impressive numbers. The jobs report also revised the numbers for November and December upward by more than 700,000. The first 12 months of Biden’s presidency mark the best job creation on record. With more than 6.6 million jobs since Biden took office, Biden created more

Neglect or Dementia?

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,”

CMS: “Vaccine requirements work”

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

Hidden Sexual Predators

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 Remembers

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.

$10 Million Verdict

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

$15 Million Awarded in Highway Collision

$42 Million Given Back for over 8,000 Investors

$1.05 Million Largest Nursing Home Jury Award in Spartanburg History

$2.32 Million in “Unprecedented” Jury Award Against Nuisance Landfill

$1.05 Million Largest Nursing Home Jury Award in Spartanburg History

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