A recent investigation documenting hundreds of resident on resident assaults in nursing homes across the country exposes a form of harm that is far more common than most families realize and far more preventable than the industry admits. These cases include broken bones, sexual assaults, and deaths. They are not freak incidents. They follow recognizable
The Milwaukee Independent reported the link between nursing home staffing shortages and immigration crackdowns; this highlights how fragile the long-term care workforce has become. Immigrant caregivers have long played a vital role in nursing homes, particularly in direct care positions that keep residents fed, clean, supervised, and safe. When those workers disappear, the strain on
A criminal case out of Florida exposes a form of elder abuse in assisted living facilities that often receives less attention but is just as serious: financial exploitation from inside the facility itself. Authorities allege that the executive director of an assisted living facility stole jewelry from residents’ rooms and pawned the items for personal
A federal investigation into UnitedHealth Group’s involvement in nursing home care highlights a dangerous tension that has been building in long term care for years: when financial incentives influence clinical decisions, residents are put at risk. U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Elizabeth Warren are demanding greater cooperation from UnitedHealth after reporting and whistleblower accounts raised
Vermont has quietly spent tens of millions of public dollars bailing out nursing homes that cannot keep their doors open without emergency relief. According to recent reporting, the state has issued roughly $38 million in extraordinary financial assistance over the past several years, much of it tied to staffing costs. What was once meant to
A federal judge, Fred Biery, in Texas ordered the release of a 5-year-old Minnesota boy from ICE custody. The opinion blasted “ill-conceived and incompetently implemented government pursuit of daily deportation quotas, apparently even if it requires traumatizing children.”
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