Let’s hope for safe staffing in 2024. Happy New Year! Richard J. Mollot is executive director of the Long-Term Care Community Coalition. He recently said staffing problems have been created by the industry itself. The industry has been saying for years that they don’t have enough funding to hire staff,” Mollot said, adding that “sophisticated”
The pandemic has receded. Murders fell sharply across the U.S. in 2023, according to the F.B.I. Detroit is on track to record its fewest homicides since the 1960s. Rents are softening, and gas prices and crime rates are falling. The U.S. economy is on track to end 2023 with vigorous growth for the year at an annualized rate of nearly 2.6%
WCSC reported the scary news that the CDC says South Carolina has the highest number of flu cases in the country. DHEC Lead Medical Consultant Dr. Martha Buchanan said the state has recorded at least 12 flu deaths this year. On Dec. 12, the state confirmed its first child flu-related death. “So we can’t, as public
National health spending reached $4.5 trillion in 2022, or $13,493 per person. Spending for services provided at freestanding nursing homes and continuing care retirement communities, which represented 4% of overall spending, increased by 5.6% in 2022, to $191.3 billion, after reporting a 7.8% dip in spending in 2021. The U.S. government spent more on health
This story first appeared in the SC Daily Gazette. A mew report published by the U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging shows a lack of investigation and enforcement by regulatory agencies over the long-term care industry. Vulnerable adults are being abused and neglected and the government does nothing to deter the conduct. The report mentions South Carolina as one
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