| Life no bed of roses for many J'cans
An estimated 11,000 Jamaicans live and work in the Cayman Islands, making up about 22 per cent of the country's population. For Jamaicans at home, the perception is that those who make the trip to the British colony with a booming economy are doing well. But for those who live there, especially those who work in ordinary jobs, such as store clerks and domestic help, life is not likely to be a bed of roses, and sometimes it is living hell. They often suffer discrimination and abuse, may receive lower-than-contracted wages; and, if they complain, sometimes face the threat of being thrown out of the country. Authorities support employers "It doesn't matter what's in writing," says Gordon Barlow, an Australian-born newspaper columnist and human rights activist in an interview a fortnight ago.
PANPHA: Gov. Rendell's Budget Disappointing; Another Year Slips By as Senior Services System Faces Breakdown
PANPHA, a state association of more than 350 nonprofit senior living and service providers, had this reaction to Gov. Rendell's budget proposal. It may be attributed to Ron Barth, PANPHA's president and CEO: "As Yogi Berra once said, 'it's deja-vu all over again.' Once again the Governor has touted his strong commitment to home- and community-based services, and once again we commend him for those efforts to invest more funds in programs to help people stay in their homes and communities for as long as possible. "But another year has come and gone without facing the hard structural changes needed in Pennsylvania's so-called 'system' of senior care and services. What we have is not a system, but a hodgepodge of different health care, housing and service programs, run by different state agencies and funded by different revenue sources, cobbled together incrementally, year upon year, straining to do things they were never designed to do, on a scale that was never envisioned.
Florida Group Home Employee Arrested for Neglecting Disabled Resident
February 9, 2007 -- TALLAHASSEE - Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum today announced the arrest of a Broward County woman on charges that she neglected a disabled resident of a group home where she was formerly employed. Josephine Denise Gordon was arrested this morning by law enforcement officers with the Attorney Generals Medicaid Fraud Control Unit."Individuals employed by group and assisted living homes are entrusted with the care and well being of the citizens who reside within," said McCollum. My office will not tolerate those who forsake this trust. We will prosecute them to the fullest extent of the law." .
Owning property is the real deal
If you're a boomer, odds are excellent you can read this story while relaxing in a home that you own. Moreover, there's a pretty good chance that you own another one, too. That's the news from a 2006 Harris Interactive survey commissioned by the National Association of Realtors. .
Allegheny County jury gets nursing home case
An Allegheny County jury on Wednesday began deliberating the fate of a former Robinson nursing home administrator charged in connection with the October 2001 death of an elderly resident with Alzheimer's disease. Martha Bell, 60, of West Mifflin, headed the Ronald Reagan Atrium I Nursing and Rehabilitation Center when Mabel Taylor, 88, wandered outside during the night and was discovered dead in a courtyard. Bell is charged with involuntary manslaughter and attempting to cover up how Taylor died, among other charges. The nursing home and its parent corporation, the Alzheimer's Disease Alliance of Western Pennsylvania, also are on trial. The jury, which heard 24 days of testimony, is expected to continue deliberating this morning. .
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