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Senate Democrats' Nursing Home Report Says Nearly a Third Lag on Inspections, but Figure Relies on 2023 Data

A Senate Finance Democrats' report highlights overdue nursing home inspections, but its nearly one-third figure comes from 2023. Newer data show improvement nationally and severe gaps in some states.

Medical Daily · 14h ago

Drug-Resistant Germs Cause an Estimated 9.7 Million U.S. Infections a Year as Candida auris Rises Nearly Tenfold

The CDC estimates antimicrobial-resistant bacteria and fungi cause 9.7 million U.S. infections and 50,800 deaths annually, with four germs classified as urgent threats.

Medical Daily · Oct 30

Lexington Nursing Home Power Failure Forces Out More Than 130 Residents Months After Audit Flagged Backup Power Gaps

Two observational analyses found that new users of long-acting cabotegravir were more likely than daily PrEP users to maintain high medication coverage during their first year, while highlighting testing and follow-up needs.

Medical Daily · Oct 29

Your Spouse Needs Nursing Home Care — What Happens to Your Retirement Savings?

Imagine spending 40 years building a retirement nest egg, only to discover that your spouse needs full-time nursing home care costing more than $100,000 annually....

Saving Advice · Oct 24

Thousands died from cold weather in England last winter as UKHSA issues ‘serious risk to health’ warning

UKHSA said deaths linked to cold weather occurred in care homes, hospitals and people’s own homes

The Independent UK · Oct 22

‘It should never be forgotten’: families recount care home victims’ experiences in wake of Covid findings

Relatives recount distress and loneliness their loved ones went through in pandemic as a result of isolation policy

The Guardian - UK · Oct 21

Voices: Our social care system will not survive the next pandemic unless we act now

COMMENT: The Covid Inquiry’s report on adult social care lays bare a sector left brutally exposed by the virus. Its recommendations must be implemented before the next pandemic strikes, says Ben Connah, the inquiry’s secretary

The Independent UK · Oct 21

Care home placed in special measures after dementia patients left at risk of malnourishment

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) said Yarborough House in Grimsby was not meeting the basic needs of residents

The Independent UK · Oct 20

UK siblings lost control of £2 million estate after £142,000 tax dispute

When Grace Baillie Key died in September 2022, her estate included a house valued at £2 million and a shareholding in a family care-home business that she left equally to her two children. What followed was a prolonged disagreement between Laura Key and Richard Key over how her estate should…

The Times of India · Oct 20

The unforgivable Covid shortcomings that left our care homes defenceless

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: The failings of the former health secretary Matt Hancock – and successive governments – have been laid bare in the latest stage of an inquiry that makes abundantly clear how care homes were left as an afterthought

The Independent UK · Oct 20