Lauren Ellerman

I logged on to Washingtonpost.com today – and read the following article by Christopher Lee, Post Staff WriterBush: No Deal On Children’s Health Plan – President Says He Objects On Philosophical Grounds“President Bush yesterday rejected entreaties by his Republican allies that he compromise with Democrats on legislation to renew a…

News in my fair City today, is whether a local retirement home community can claim charity status, in order to be exempt from various taxes. Read about the Glebe in Roanoke here. We hear all the time that some hospitals and nursing homes are “non profit” – but what does…

We receive a monthly magazine called Nursing Homes, Long Term Care Management. The magazine is written for long term care businesses and administrators – to discuss the pressing issues affecting the industry. In the June 2007 issue, there is an article by Michael Stoil – entitled, “View on Washington: Will…

We have written about it before, the difference between for-profit and non-profit health care. If your nursing home is “for profit” you have a legal duty towards your shareholders, to maximize profits. But what does that duty, do for your residents and staff?Many for-profit nursing homes will tell us in…

Our congratulations go west today – to attorney Carl Bettinger, who called his jury “heroes” “and said he was honored to have represented Barber’s daughter, Lori Keith, in taking on “one of the largest corporations in the country … so she could show the public what happened to her mother…

Chronic Ailments Affect More KidsAssociated PressWednesday, June 27, 2007; Page A05To read the Washington Post Article – go here. “The number of American children with chronic health problems such as obesity, asthma and attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder has soared in the past four decades, foreshadowing increases in adult disability and public…

Check out an insightful blog from an ER Physician, on nursing home records – here:DOCTOR WRITES:“There is a new, intentional and horrible trend in nursing home transfers to the ED, and it’s not the patients. It’s the records that come with them, or more specifically those that don’t. Allow me…

We have heard almost every day this month – something exported from China has problems. This week, The Washington Post writer Marc Kaufman took a detailed look into regulation of generic drugs made overseas – read it here.“India and China, countries where the Food and Drug Administration rarely conducts quality-control…

There was a good, but discouraging feature on NPR a few weeks ago – on the shortage of nurses nationwide. Read and listen to the feature, here.All Things ConsideredU.S. Faces Critical Nurse Shortage“The demand for nurses is expected to outstrip the number coming out of nursing schools in the coming…