Troy police arrested Brianna Leanate Cowart-Birckett, an employee of Troy Health and Rehab nursing home, on elder abuse allegations. Police arrested her on Sept. 12 after management told investogators Cowart-Birckett had physically assaulted a resident. The criminal complaint alleges she placed a cover over someone’s face and shoved that person’s head repeatedly. Cowart-Birckett is charged with
He might be distracted. Today well-respected New York judge Arthur Engoron found that Trump deceived banks and insurers by overvaluing his real estate holdings in order to obtain loans and better terms for deals. The Palm Beach County assessor valued Mar-a-Lago, for example, at $18 million, while Trump valued it at between $426 million and
Florida is a retirement mecca. However, nursing home staffing levels are declining, putting care at risk. The AARP Florida says Florida lawmakers need to do a better job when it comes to nursing homes. The influential group advocates for the elderly by sounding the alarm about nursing homes in Florida. “The legislature has made changes
Florida police say surveillance footage showed employees whipping an elderly resident. Rosa Edwards, 23, and Aneisha Hall, 19, were arrested on two counts each of battery on a person 65 or older, the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office said. Both employees work at Inspired Living at Ivy Ridge Assisted Living Facility. Surveillance footage showed the two
Medicare is a popular and successful government program. Improvement is needed based on the report published in Neurology. Nearly 20% of people on Medicare must travel 50 or more miles to see their neurologists. This is too far for many. People with brain cancer, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and multiple sclerosis (MS) travel the long
Attorney Trip Riesen wrote an article on joint and several liability that ran in the Post and Courier. South Carolina ranks as one of the worst states for drunk driving coming in at 7th in the nation according to a recent Forbes article citing statistics from the National Traffic Safety Administration (“NHTSA”). “Every day, about
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