The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) shared updated data that proves masks work.  The data shows communities with mandatory masks see less spread. Surgical grade N95 respirators provide the highest level of protection against the COVID-19. However, neck gaiters do not work as well. Neck gaiters are circular fabric tubes. They

It has been a crazy year.  The election is coming. Trump seems to be making some strange political moves.  Ignoring the pandemic. Cutting military health spending. Hiring wacky doctors from Fox News. Strange times. Outrageous The Trump administration approved an oil leasing program for the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. This approval opens up the pristine

Missouri becomes the 38th state to expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act. Medicaid expansion, which states have the option of adopting as part of the Affordable Care Act, extends eligibility in the program to individuals and families with incomes up to 138% of the federal poverty level. Researchers from Washington University in St. Louis

Safe Staffing Growing evidence proves that nursing facilities with staffing issues are likelier to experience COVID-19 outbreaks. Nursing homes with higher total numbers of nurse staffing hours had a lower probability of outbreaks, along with fewer total coronavirus deaths. Since the late-February outbreak, roughly 40% of all U.S. COVID-19 deaths have been related to nursing

A recent decision in South Carolina called Weaver v. Brookdale Senior Living Inc.. discussed equitable estoppel and arbitration. McKnight’s reported on the Court of Appeal’s arbitration decision in the assisted living case with tragic facts. FACTS Basically the facts are these: A resident at a Brookdale facility suffered from dementia. One night, the resident left

COVID-19 has hit nursing homes hard. CMS and the Trump Administration have no plans to stop the spread. Coronavirus cases in nursing homes surged to an all-time high this week. The uptick is driven by spread of the virus in Sunbelt states. An analysis of federal data shows almost 10,000 cases during the week of July