The State reported that Keisha Carroll Banks was an employee with Ridgeway Manor Health Care in Ridgeway, SC. She is now heading to federal prison for pleading guilty to wire fraud and stealing money from the nursing home where she worked. Banks was able to access the money of a resident who resides at the
The Health and Human Services Administration for Community Living finalized the first nationwide rules for APS programs. The APS program identifies and investigates the mistreatment or neglect for elderly residents and people with disabilities. The new rules require APS officials to respond to the reported cases that are “life-threatening or likely to cause irreparable harm
America’s so-called “left behind” counties — the once-great manufacturing centers and other distressed places that struggled mightily at the start of this century — have staged a remarkable comeback. Those counties span the nation but are largely concentrated in the Southeast and Midwest. In the last three years, they added jobs and new businesses at
Undocumented immigrants have lower felony arrest rates than legal immigrants or native-born Americans. Over decades, evidence shows a lack of evidence to support the relationship between illegal immigration and crime trends. After illegal immigration plummeted in 2020 because of COVID, the murder rate rose. And after illegal immigration spiked in 2021 and 2022, murders fell.
The Des Moines Register had a great article on the Biden’s Administration finalized rule that requires nursing homes to have a minimum number of staff members on duty at all times. Nursing home advocates see this rule as necessary, achievable, and long overdue. Over 50% of nursing home facilities in Iowa and throughout America already
McKnights reported on a new study conducted to lower the prescription of quetiapine, an antipsychotic drug. Quetiapine is the most popular antipsychotic drug prescribed in the United States, and is often used off-label for patients with dementia to address behavioral symptoms. The risks include death, weight gain, cognitive decline, and falls. For this experiment, Medicare
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