MONDAY, 06/03/2024, 9:45 p.m. GREEN BAY, Wis. (WFRV) – A Green Bay woman accused of stealing thousands of dollars in items from residents at an assisted living facility had her preliminary hearing on Monday. Court records show that 22-year-old Jorden Batten appeared with an attorney, where they waived their rights to a preliminary hearing. WATCH: […]
MUKWONAGO, Wis. (WFRV) – Officers in southeastern Wisconsin responded to an assisted living facility sometime in mid-May after a deer had crashed through a window, causing quite a stir. A Facebook post from the Mukwonago Police Department details the incident by beginning the post with, “This is a new one for us.” Pickup truck collides […]
An Arizona Republic investigation uncovered violence and neglect inside assisted living facilities around Arizona. The investigation prompted various attempts to reform the system that allowed misconduct and unaccountability at the facilities, resulting at times in patient deaths. In this week’s episode of The Briefing, hear directly from the reporters behind the investigation that prompted a […]
Apr. 4—Developers have begun meetings with the city of Spokane to build an assisted living complex overlooking the Spokane River. City records show plans to construct two buildings. One of the plans calls for a 16-bed “enhanced service facility” and other for a 72-bed “enhanced adult residential care building.” The plans for Illinois Assisted Living […]
Content warning: This story includes discussion of assisted suicide. An elderly couple in the Netherlands decided to get euthanized together, a bittersweet end to a long-lasting relationship. Monique and Loes were 74 and 88 years old. The pair, who suffered from dementia and muscular disease respectively, died while holding hands, Agence France-Press reports. Their final […]
Draft legislation paving the way for assisted suicide for terminally patients will be placed before the French National Assembly in May, President Emmanuel Macron has said in an interview published on Monday. Adults capable of taking decisions with a life-threatening illness over the medium term and whose pain cannot be alleviated will be allowed to […]
Feb. 21—A man who was an assisted living resident was found deceased in a Springfield pond at the facility on Friday, according to details from a Springfield Police Division incident report released Wednesday. According to the incident report, a resident was unresponsive in a pond located on the west side of a building at 3001 […]
Livingston shop owners and nearby residents are resisting the possibility of an assisted living facility moving into the area. Livingston, advertised as the “Town of Livingston,” is an unincorporated community in Madison County near Flora. The area is dotted with restaurants and commercial businesses. Rather than residential homes, Livingston is known for its rich entertainment […]
Dame Esther Rantzen has called for a choice on assisted dying next year, while saying that families watching someone go through palliative care can have their memories of them “obliterated”. The 83-year-old journalist and broadcaster, who has stage four lung cancer, has urged British MPs to hold a debate when Parliament returns in 2024 and […]
PORTLAND, Oregon (AP) — As native trees in the Pacific Northwest die off due to climate changes, the U.S. Forest Service, Portland, Oregon and citizen groups around Puget Sound are turning to a deceptively simple climate adaptation strategy called “assisted migration.” As the world’s climate warms, tree growing ranges in the Northern Hemisphere are predicted […]
A nursing home employee helps a resident put on a sweater inside her room. As we age, many of us will need some form of long-term care, whether at home or in a facility. With nursing home costs averaging over $90,000 per year, long-term care expenses can add up quickly. While Medicaid can help you […]
Assisted reproductive technologies are medical procedures that help people experiencing difficulty having or an inability to have biological children of their own. From in vitro fertilization to genetic screening to creation of viable eggs from the skin cells of two male mice, each new development speaks to the potential of reproductive technologies to expand access […]