Most people work their entire adult lives saving for retirement. Between stocks, annuities, and savings, they think they’re covered. Then a catastrophic illness or accident happens, and they’re forced to enter long-term care. And the average cost of a semi-private room is $9,167 per month. This can wipe out a savings quickly. Although this scenario…
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[PREMIERING, 2PM ET] 100% Voter Turnout: Massive Nursing Home Election Fraud | Facts Matter
After investigating several tips that he received, the sheriff of Racine County made a televised, public presentation in which he exposed the evidence that his office was able to collect regarding possible felony violations committed by the Wisconsin Elections Commission. Specifically, the evidence showed that absentee ballots were cast on behalf of nursing home residents…
100 Percent Voter Turnout: Massive Nursing Home Election Fraud | Facts Matter
After investigating several tips that he received, the sheriff of Racine County made a televised, public presentation in which he exposed the evidence that his office was able to collect regarding possible felony violations committed by the Wisconsin Elections Commission. Specifically, the evidence showed that absentee ballots were cast on behalf of nursing home residents…
Turning the Blowtorch on Australian Nursing Home Problem
At aged care homes across the country, an unfathomable problem is literally piling up with absorbent, single-use products needed to help residents who struggle with bladder and bowel control. Aksh Bhola, who manages an Arcare facility at Knox in Melbourne’s east, says the volume of incontinence waste the centre produces is a constant challenge. “We…
Judge Greenlights Lawsuit Against Ontario for Nursing Home Deaths During Pandemic
An Ontario judge has ruled that families of nursing home residents who died from COVID-19 in the early stages of the pandemic can sue the province’s minister of long-term care—allowing them to avoid the reach of a 2020 law that bars almost all COVID-related litigation against the provincial government. In his ruling released on Dec….
Benefits of Vaccinating Nursing Home Staff Diminished Amid Omicron Wave, Study Shows
The benefits of having more nursing home staff take COVID-19 vaccines faded as the Omicron variant took hold, a new study of some 15,000 facilities across the United States suggests. The authors of the study, a team of researchers from the University of Chicago, sought to find out whether higher levels of staff vaccination rates…
Biden Admin Gives Nursing Homes More Leeway on COVID Vaccine Mandate Compliance
The Biden administration has softened its language in an updated guidance on COVID-19 vaccination enforcement, telling surveyors to not cite nursing homes so long as “good faith efforts” are being made to vaccinate all their staff. In a memo (pdf) released Wednesday, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) says it still expects all…
Elderly Care Center Sent a Living Man to Funeral Home in Locked-Down Shanghai
Recently, it was revealed that a Shanghai aged care center sent a living person to a funeral home as the deceased. Shanghai authorities have admitted the incident, but could not quell the public outrage. On May 1, a video of a person in a body bag being transferred from the New Long March Welfare Institute…
Families Complain as States Require COVID Testing for Nursing Home Visits
As COVID-19 cases rise again in nursing homes, a few states have begun requiring visitors to present proof that they’re not infected before entering facilities, stoking frustration and dismay among family members. Officials in California, New York, and Rhode Island say new COVID-19 testing requirements are necessary to protect residents—an enormously vulnerable population—from exposure to…
Little Officer Oliver Brings Festive Cheer to Nursing Home Residents
This little officer makes sure these elderly people get all the warm hugs they deserve.
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