Mike Tyson is Getting Back in the Ring at 58 – What Could Go Wrong?

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Mike Tyson is Getting Back in the Ring at 58 – What Could Go Wrong?

Editorial credit: Leonard Zhukovsky / Shutterstock.com By Stephen Hughes | The Conversation If at 58, I were to agree to a boxing match with a person half my age, much alarm would be caused. My daughters would burst into tears, my partner would have strong words, and my students would have final confirmation that I […]

For-Profit Nursing Homes are Cutting Corners on Safety and Draining Resources with Financial Shenanigans − Especially at Midsize Chains that Dodge Public Scrutiny

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For-Profit Nursing Homes are Cutting Corners on Safety and Draining Resources with Financial Shenanigans − Especially at Midsize Chains that Dodge Public Scrutiny

By Sean Campbell and Charlene Harrington | The Conversation The care at Landmark of Louisville Rehabilitation and Nursing was abysmal when state inspectors filed their survey report of the Kentucky facility on July 3, 2021. Residents wandered the halls in a facility that can house up to 250 people, yelling at each other and stealing blankets. One […]

New York Trusted This Company to Care for the Sick and Elderly. Instead, It Left People Confused and Alone

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New York Trusted This Company to Care for the Sick and Elderly. Instead, It Left People Confused and Alone

By Jake Pearson, illustrations by Dominic Bodden, special to ProPublica This story was originally published by ProPublica. Unchanged diapers. Fees collected for care never given. New York Guardianship Services is often tasked with caring for the “unbefriended,” but records show more than a dozen cases where it failed to meet the needs of the most vulnerable. ProPublica […]