According to American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) data, more and more elderly nursing home residents are being evicted from nursing homes each year. In California alone, more than 1,500 elders on record were involuntarily removed from their nursing homes. The issue has caught national attention not only because the incident rate is on the …
The United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has recently looked into nursing home complaints across the nation to see how well states manage these high-priority tasks. Maryland has not fared well, according to its findings. According to the HHS, Maryland officials did not investigate a staggering three-fourths of all serious nursing home …
Many people throughout the U.S. rely on nursing homes to provide their elderly family members and disabled loved ones with the care they require. Unfortunately, the current regulations for nursing home facilities in Maryland don’t encourage the best care possible for residents. Between staffing requirements and low nurse pay, many nursing homes simply aren’t held …
Months before lead was ever introduced in gasoline, back in 1923, there was already a report from the United States Public Health Service that warned of its potency for health hazards. Indeed, it was also already known that ethyl alcohol was a superior alternative due to its ease of production, nontoxicity, and reduced amount of …
Last week, the Court of Appeals ruled that Dr. Howard Klein, a pediatrician, would be allowed to testify in the case of Michael Davon Christian. In the decision, the Court reiterated its support for the logic behind the 2015 decision in Roy v. Dackman, which held that an adequately experienced physician could testify in a …
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