It took me awhile to write this particular blog. The article it is based on was published in the The New York Times on August 20, 2010. Here it is, three weeks later, and I still can’t quite understand how this is allowed to happen. Get ready…this is heartbreaking and disturbing.
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Patients and their families won a class action lawsuit against Skilled Healthcare Group Inc., which operates 22 assisted living facilities in California. Although the jury originally awarded $670 million, the case was settled for $50 million. Yes, it’s much less, but it also means that the patients will actually get compensation now, while they are
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Two executives of a FL company have been sentenced to Federal Prison. The individuals were convicted of defrauding the IRS of employment taxes. Shell companies were created for the sole purpose of hiring illegal aliens, which allowed the company to avoid paying employment taxes on the individuals. More prosecutions are expected as a result of
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A man involved in a Raleigh truck accident is alive after a semi-truck slammed into the back of it, according to abc.com. The man said he stopped at a traffic light when a tractor-trailer hit his vehicle from behind in the Raleigh truck accident. He said he was on his way to the hospital to
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I just read a fantastic editorial about head injury and concussion in youth sports, written by someone who knows and cares: Neurologist Richard C. Senelick, M.D., Medical Director of the Rehabilitation Institute of San Antonio. He is also a father and a grandfather, so this topic is more than just an abstract medical exercise to
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We’ve met thousands of people who have been injured by drunk drivers. Which means that we’ve had a lot of time to ask the same question those victims and their families always ask: Why would anyone drive drunk? Now, science may have at least one answer.
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Many people who wind up in a nursing home are transferred there after a hospital stay. But an article in today’s The Washington Post points out a technicality that could block your ability to have Medicare cover the cost of your nursing home stay. Basically, everyone in the hospital is categorized as being in either
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In Scotland, the Inchmarlo Continuing Care Retirement Community has a new therapist: Humphrey, a 12-week-old bulldog puppy. He takes his job so seriously that he has his own blog, where he (or his ghostwriter) chronicles his adventures. Recent entries include an account of his visit to meet the Queen of England, watching a rugby match,
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A Houston company was issued 83 citations. These citations were issued secondary to a finding that the company improperly reported over 70% of its workplace injuries. The employer is facing over $1M in fines proposed by OSHA. http://channel6newsonline.com/2010/09/department-of-labor-cites-houston-manufacturing-company-for-hiding-work-related-injuries/
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This is National Childhood Injury Prevention Week, running from September 1-7, 2010. (That includes this Labor Day weekend, so take extra holiday safety precautions!) According to the Washington Hospital Healthcare System, accidental injuries are the number one cause of child deaths…and, about 90% of all childhood injuries can be prevented. What can you do to
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