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The agency that represents 14,000-plus nursing homes across the country recently released a revealing report related to COVID-19 that does not bode well for the facilities entrusted with the care of the elderly. The report shows coronavirus cases have been on the rise in nursing home since June – in […]

As if the news couldn’t get any worse, the following headline appeared on CNN’s Web site recently: “Some nursing homes are taking residents’ stimulus checks, FTC warns.” Really? Institutes of care ripping off the elderly? According to the Federal Trade Commission, yes. “The Federal Trade Commission reported that nursing homes […]

Long before Covid-19 ravaged nursing homes, the long-term care industry had an infection control problem.  On March 4, 2020 in response to the coronavirus, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that it was postponing its routine inspections of nursing homes so it could focus solely on issues […]

In a state with more residents age 65 and older than any in the country, the coronavirus portends a serious and terrifying scenario in Florida. Health experts say COVID-19 impacts that population a lot harsher, and they are correct. Nationwide, eight out of 10 deaths related to the disease occurred […]

Of all the places in the home where child accidents occur, the most dangerous and perhaps most unexpected one may be lurking in the laundry room. In fact, so unexpected that most articles on child home safety do not even discuss it! Tragic tales take place repeatedly in the bathroom, […]

Driving a motor vehicle is a privilege and not a right. Driving a vehicle in Florida is legally the operation of a “dangerous instrumentality”. Why? Motor vehicles injure and kill people every day. It is that simple. That is why we have laws requiring drivers to pass a driving test, […]