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Who Really Profits When You Die in a Nursing Home?

For millions of aging Americans, the reality of spending their final years in a nursing home feels like a quietly accepted inevitability. The emotional weight of that prospect is already heavy, but few stop to ask an even darker question: Who actually profits when you die in a nursing home?…

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UnitedHealth faces federal scrutiny into whistleblower claims

Attention comes in wake of ex-employees’ allegations that insurer paid nursing homes to reduce hospital transfers and used improper tactics to gain Medicare Advantage enrollees

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Resident-to-resident aggression is common in nursing homes. Here’s how we can improve residents’ safety

The Coroners Court of Victoria is undertaking an inquest into the deaths of eight aged care residents across six facilities, over a nine-month period in 2021.

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‘Things nursing home residents say’: Donald Trump brags about Barron Trump’s ‘genius,’ only backs rumors that Harvard ‘rejected’ his son

Trump doesn't seem very keen on making life easy for his son.

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US nursing home employees: do you have information about UnitedHealth’s nursing home practices?

We’d like to hear from UnitedHealth or nursing home workers and their experience with the company’s ISNP program

The Guardian - US

Justice department opens inquiry into Andrew Cuomo’s Covid-19 response

Ex-New York governor and current NYC mayoral candidate accused of mishandling nursing homes during pandemic

The Guardian - US

Revealed: UnitedHealth secretly paid nursing homes to reduce hospital transfers

A Guardian investigation finds insurer quietly paid facilities that helped it gain Medicare enrollees and reduce hospitalizations. Whistleblowers allege harm to residents

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In Your 50s? We Need to Talk About Long-Term Care

Many people don't like thinking about long-term care, but most people will need it. This financial professional recommends planning for these costs as early as possible to avoid stress later.

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Aged carer gets $345k compo for racial discrimination

A judge has found a Sydney nursing home discriminated against an ex-employee and ultimately terminated her employment because of her race.

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My parents holding hands after their assisted deaths: Martin Roemers’ most personal photograph

‘Their lives were getting harder, even with help. They did not want to go to a nursing home and neither wanted to live without the other. So they left this life together’

The Guardian - UK

Push for cop warning after great-gran killed with Taser

The consequences for a police officer who shot his service Taser at a 95-year-old woman in a nursing home should be a warning to other cops, prosecutors argue.

AAP

At least 20 dead in huge fire at nursing home in China

At least 19 people suffered injuries and were taken to nearby hospital

The Independent UK

Have Skilled Nursing Facilities Become Dumping Grounds for the Mentally Ill?

When the 911 call comes from inside the nursing home, health care workers are sometimes the victims.

Capital & Main

Former Australian police officer avoids prison after killing 95-year-old woman with a stun gun

A former Australian police officer has avoided a prison term for killing a 95-year-old nursing home resident with a stun gun

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The Rule of Jenny Pen review – John Lithgow and Geoffrey Rush excel in malicious nursing home chiller

The twin terrors of dementia and an elderly psychopath hold sway in this striking psychological horror from New Zealand director James Ashcroft

Latin Times

OnlyFans Star Seeks Sexual Partners at Nursing Homes After Sleeping With 100 Men in a Day for Viral Video

Lily Phillips, who made headlines for sleeping with 101 men in a day in a viral YouTube documentary, has now shifted her focus to elderly men in nursing homes.

The Guardian - US

‘It’s a money game to them’: a son takes on UnitedHealth over his elderly father’s care

Robby Martin has joined a lawsuit against UnitedHealth after the insurance giant cut off his father’s nursing home coverage – five days later his father died at home

The Guardian - US

US nursing home patients: have you or your loved one experienced coverage denials from UnitedHealthcare?

We would like to hear from people who have been denied access to care as a patient with the UnitedHealthcare Medicare advantage plan

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Matlock episode 10: Matlock makes a surprising new enemy

Matlock episode 10 sees Matlock gain a surprising new enemy, and Julian and Olympia’s divorce heats up. Here’s what happened.

The Texas Tribune

After Hurricane Beryl, Texas lawmakers push for generators at senior living facilities

After failed attempts in 2021 and 2023, southeast Texas lawmakers have filed bills to require generators in nursing homes and assisted living centers.

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Biden Administration Nursing Home Staffing Rule Faces Opposition

Controversy surrounds the Biden administration's new rule on nursing home staffing levels, particularly in rural areas, due to concerns about closures and ...

The Guardian - US

DNA analysis leads to murder charge in 1977 killing of Hawaii teenager

Utah nursing home resident Gideon Castro, 66, arrested and charged over death of Dawn Momohara, 16, in Honolulu

The Independent UK

Major study reveals how long people with dementia live after diagnosis

Roughly 13% of people move to a nursing home in the year after diagnosis

The Independent UK

Study reveals how long people with dementia live after diagnosis

Some people live for a decade after being diagnosed.

Fortune

Dysfunction killed thousands of America's vulnerable elderly during COVID. This change could save lives next time

The author of a new book maintains that some—if not many—of those deaths didn’t need to happen.

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