The State reveals the capital of South Carolina, specifically North Columbia, is one of the nation’s leaders in diabetic amputations. The health care system for people are very limited. A shortage of medical specialists that “perform revalascularization procedures.” The article states that in the year of 2016, “South Carolina logged more than 1,900 non-traumatic, lower
In 2003, the U.S. Supreme Court in State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. v. Campbell stupidly decided that due process required punitive damages should be a single digit ratio to compensatory damages. In that case, the Supreme Court overturned a punitive damages award with a 145-to-1 ratio to compensatory damages. Recently Reuters had an article
“It’s a workforce issue, not an immigration issue, and we frame it as a workforce issue.” –LeadingAge CEO Katie Smith Sloan Occupancy is down because there’s not enough people to take care of people. The 10 largest nonprofit, multi-site senior living organizations were operating nearly 2,000 fewer nursing care beds at the end of 2021,
Pandemic Increased Risky Behaviors U.S traffic deaths have increased in the past year. The “estimated crash deaths jumped at least 50 percent.” The cause is unclear but the pandemic seems to play a role in setting records and raising alarms for the safety of drivers around the country. “Risky behavior and traffic fatalities” are linked
AARP has been tracking vaccination rates in nursing homes each month since June 2021. Nursing homes and other long-term care facilities have been hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic, with residents and staff accounting for roughly a fifth of all U.S. COVID-19 deaths. Of those, more than 175,000 have been people who lived or worked in nursing homes.
“Don’t close these doors. Don’t take our hope away.” –Carrie Leibowitz, also an Opportunity HUB board member. Homeless Shelter Susan Ballantyne is president of the nonprofit Opportunity Hub, which oversees the Spartanburg Opportunity Center. The Opportunity Center serves roughly 100 people – mostly elderly homeless men and women – during the daytime, and 85 at