Lauren Ellerman

Article in Today’s Washington Post: By Rob Stein, reports on a new study published today in Annals of Internal Medicine, that “More than 5 million elderly people have a hard time remembering things, sorting through daily decisions and even sometimes knowing what day it is, according to the first national…

Our local paper, the Roanoke Times, is doing a series of articles, interviews on our local aging population – services needed, how families cope etc.One cause for concern, is that our aging population is much higher than most other Virginia Cities – equal (in percentage) to Miami or St. Pete…

I wish this were a joke…Nursing Home Operator Sun Beats ExpectationsBy Vita ReedOrange County Business Journal StaffNursing home and medical staffing company Sun Healthcare Group Inc. of Irvine California reported a fourth-quarter profit from continuing operations that beat analysts’ expectations.The Irvine-based health services company, which has nursing home, rehabilitation, hospice…

I received an email today – with the following News Alert:“Workers, residents’ family members confront Lazard execs over concerns at Atria Senior Living, protest outside investor meeting; demand better care, wagesWorkers and family members of elderly residents at Atria Senior Living centers confronted private equity owner Lazard’s executives outside their…

We frequently hear from families that believe a nursing home has failed to provide care to their loved one…. and when I ask “why is your Mother still in that nursing home if you think they do not provide the care she needs,” I am often told “it is so…

I found this website today – www.heart-soul-music.comCheck it out… Their mission:“Our vision of a perfect world is that every nursing home would have one professional-quality live show every day and have appropriate recorded music available to the residents for the other 23 hours of the day. This is not a…

February 20, 2008 – Breaking news out of Tampa FloridaAuthorities: Caretaker stole nearly $500K from blind woman, 93LUTZ — A former caretaker has been arrested after stealing nearly $500,000 from a 93-year-old blind woman, authorities said.Barbara J. Mulert, 61, worked as a caretaker for Lutz resident Kathryn Dahman, 93, from…

FDA Says It Approved The Wrong Drug Plant – Heparin Probe Sends Inspectors to China(www.washingtonpost.com) By Marc Kaufman“The Chinese facility that supplies the active ingredient of the widely used blood thinner heparin was never inspected by the Food and Drug Administration because the agency confused its name with another just…

We see this all the time…Jury says facility is negligent, and the Department of Health says the facility did nothing wrong. No really, the self-policing arm of Virginia’s long term care system is often asked to review records, perform inspections, and report to the public as to care provided in…