Fuquay-Varina Police Department arrested and charged Cynthia Williams Sellars, a former assisted-living employee, with murder. Police said Sellars was an employee at the time at Windsor Point Retirement Community. She was involved in an assault while working at the facility. According to arrest warrants, Sellers was initially charged with assault on individuals with a disability for
AARP is strongly supporting a federal effort to set minimum staffing standards for the nation’s nursing homes for the first time. Under the federal proposal, nursing homes that are funded through Medicare or Medicaid would be required to provide every resident with at least 0.55 hours of care from a registered nurse, plus 2.45 hours of
Illinois Senate President Don Harmon is the nursing home industry’s bought politician to resurrect a bill that would provide millions of dollars in tax breaks. The proposed legislation aims to reclassify private, for-profit nursing homes as residential properties instead of commercial, which would reduce their property taxes by millions of dollars. The Chicago Sun-Times reported
The nursing home industry is very profitable especially how many for profit homes hide profits by diverting tax payor funds to related entities. Now, they say they cannot provide safe and sufficient staffing because it would cost too much. Government Accountability Office’s report found that CMS’ data on private equity ownership of nursing homes has
Oof — this Morning Joe supercut of Trump foreign policy comments from just the last few weeks pic.twitter.com/B6QrJJiRgw — Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) October 31, 2023