sacredhands on Dec 5th, 2007Doped Up Nursing Homes Residents Make For Pharmaceutical Bonanza
It’s bad enough that nursing homes stink like rotting flesh and a fair portion of the residents are simply waiting for the invisible hand of darkness to snatch them from their misery, but now comes word that while you were feeling good about dumping off your loved one there, relieved that it was no longer [...]
sacredhands on Oct 9th, 2007Gay Seniors Aging Bias Discrimination For Beginners
Did you require a night light as a kid? Did the dark frighten you so bad that falling asleep seemed more like an episode of the Twilight Zone instead of a Disney nursery rhyme? Since fear is hard-wired into our emotional system (don’t get all academic on me), it’s no surprise that our experience of [...]
sacredhands on Oct 3rd, 2007Long Term Care Insurance Providers Grilled by Chef Charles Grassley
How refreshing to see Senator Charles E. Grassley of Iowa actually using his position of power to pester those long-term care insurance companies who love to collect premiums but often fall short when when it comes to paying out after the insured winds up in the nursing home. The racket of collecting huge premiums and [...]