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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

Misinformation

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

Risk v. Normalcy

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.

Money, occupancy, and staffing…

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

Progress with Alzheimer’s

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

Telemedicine Fraud

The Department of Justice announced criminal charges against 42 medical professionals and other people for alleged $1.4 billion health-care fraud. Twenty-three doctors were charged in the illegal schemes. The cases involve the use of telemedicine services as part of the fraud. Telemedicine employs communications technology to evaluate and treat patients remotely. Telemedicine accounted for approximately

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