NPR discussed unsafe staffing in assisted living facilities. With the omicron variant causing a surge of COVID-19 infections, even more staff stay away or stay home making overworked and underappreciated caregivers work even harder increasing abuse, neglect, and injury. UNSAFE STAFFING JUANA SUMMERS, HOST: COVID-19 has killed more than 200,000 residents and staff at nursing
Controversial former American Idol contestant killed a man while driving under the influence. See WSPA article. 17 year old Caleb Andrew Kennedy was so impaired he drove over a man in his own driveway. He then dragged him into a garage causing the horrific and wrongful death of Larry Duane Parris. The Court denied bond.
This has been an incredible week on efforts to end forced arbitration. Research shows corporations use forced arbitration to save money. Americans possess a fundamental right to seek justice and accountability under the Seventh Amendment of the Constitution. S. 2342 or the Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault & Sexual Harassment Act will become law.
DHEC issued a public announcement regarding vaccine effectiveness.
A caregiver at a Clinton County adult foster home faces more than a decade in prison for vulnerable adult abuse. The Department of Attorney General’s Health Care Fraud Division and the Clinton County Sheriff’s Office investigated the abuse. A vulnerable adult at the adult foster care home suffered major injuries. The injuries included a subdural
The State reported on another environmental nuisance in South Carolina. Textile chemicals in groundwater, malodorous landfills, and lead poisoned soil are well-known problems in the Palmetto State. Now, we have a new odor caused from “bad behavior” according to the citizens of York and Lancaster counties. The odors and nuisance are caused by the wastewater
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