Senator Bob Casey led the Senate Special Committee on Aging to issue a new report, “Uninspected and Neglected: Nursing Home Agencies are Severely Understaffed, Putting Residents at Risk.” The lack of oversight is terrible for vulnerable adults in nursing homes. The report details a staffing crisis at state survey agencies. This directly impacts the health,
The Forced Arbitration Injustice Repeal Act (FAIR) Act would ban forced mandatory pre-dispute arbitration clauses in nursing home cases. The bill would ensure that Americans can have their constitutionally guaranteed day in court. Increasingly, the nursing home industry uses these unfair clauses to shield themselves from accountability in the courts. The arbitration is often (but
Discretionary spending has fallen more than 40% in the past 50 years as a percentage of gross domestic product, from 11% to 6.3%. The rising deficits are the result of tax breaks for billionaires and corporate interests under George W. Bush and Donald Trump. Those tax cuts alone added $10 trillion to the debt by
The American Medical Association (AMA) published a study on medical marijuana. Cannabis provides “significant improvements” in the quality of life for people with cancer, chronic pain and insomnia. Cannabis appeared to increase wellbeing indicators. Additionally, the beneficial effects remain over time. The common conditions treated include are non-cancer chronic pain, cancer-related pain, insomnia and anxiety.
Police arrested nursing home caregivers after live-streaming themselves abusing a vulnerable adult under their care. The live-stream video shows the caregivers verbally abusing and taunting the anguished woman.
South Carolina legislators passed a bill splitting the South Carolina Department of Health and Environment Control (DHEC). DHEC oversees everything health, food, and environment-related across South Carolina. It is ineffective lacking leadership and authority. The bill will discontinue DHEC operations and would replace it by splitting the responsibilities of the organization into two state agencies.