Column: As some nursing homes cry poverty, what can be done about increased staffing requirements? Some nursing homes cry poverty while using complex financial arrangements to shield profits. How can California enforce new federal staffing requirements? 04/27/2024 - 11:00 pm | View Link
Most nursing homes don't have enough staff to meet the federal government's new rules The new rules mean 4 out of 5 nursing homes will need more aides and nurses. Unions hailed the change, but advocates say it's not enough care, while nursing home owners say it's an "impossible task." ... 04/24/2024 - 4:00 am | View Link
Biden Administration Sets Higher Staffing Mandates. Most Nursing Homes Don’t Meet Them. The staffing regulation was disparaged by the industry as unattainable. Patient advocates say it doesn’t go far enough. Labor unions welcomed the requirement. 04/23/2024 - 2:29 am | View Link
The pandemic exposed staff shortages at nursing homes. A new White House push aims for a remedy The federal government is for the first time requiring nursing homes to have minimum staffing levels after the COVID-19 pandemic exposed grim realities in poorly staffed facilities for older Americans ... 04/22/2024 - 11:25 am | View Link
Flute extraordinaire JJim Walker and his band Free Flight blew Johnny Carson's mind on the Tonight Show back in 1982 with their melding of jazz and classical.
Walker has had a stellar career playing his beloved instrument, but was also a world class educator who retired a few years ago as a professor of practice in USC Thornton’s Winds and Percussion department.
Two years in a row, he received the Most Valuable Player Award from the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, the Academy itself famous for its GRAMMY Awards.
While Donald Trump plots to be a dictator on Day One, Balaji Srinivasan and his wealthy tech bros are plotting a different version of authoritarianism and ethnic cleansing, one that does not require a presidential campaign.
Gil Duran wrote about this oligarch for The New Republic:
To fully grasp the current situation in San Francisco, where venture capitalists are trying to take control of City Hall, you must listen to Balaji Srinivasan.
We've already established here that Trump lawyer Alina Habba is trash. And Habba has established that she's ridiculously stupid, too. Habba was asked in a relatively recent interview whether she would rather be pretty or smart. She said, "Oh easy, pretty … I can fake being smart." That's not true at all.
Pro-life activist Randall Terry was nominated as the Constitution Party’s presidential candidate, Ballot Access News reports.
He is likely to be on the ballot in battleground states of Georgia, North Carolina, Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania.