Why Cameras Are Popping Up in Eldercare Facilities

Why Cameras Are Popping Up in Eldercare Facilities

The assisted-living facility in Edina, Minn., where Jean H. Peters and her siblings moved their mother in 2011, looked lovely. “But then you start uncovering things,” Ms. Peters said. Her mother, Jackie Hourigan, widowed and developing memory problems at 82, too often was still in bed when her children came to see her in mid-morning. … Read more

Worst US airports revealed — these facilities are ‘dated’ and ‘inefficient’

Worst US airports revealed — these facilities are ‘dated’ and ‘inefficient’

Houston, we have a problem — with everyone else. The William P. Hobby Airport in Houston, Texas, and the newly transformed, $4 billion Terminal B in New York’s LaGuardia Airport are the only US airport properties to score five stars in Skytrax’s ratings of airports across the world. Hobby was lauded for its “excellent customer … Read more

CDC loosens mask mandates for health care facilities

CDC loosens mask mandates for health care facilities

The federal government is no longer recommending universal masking in health care facilities, according to new CDC recommendations quietly published last week. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention edict issued Friday reversed nearly two and a half of years of guidance in saying that face coverings are now only required in hospitals and nursing … Read more

CDC no longer recommends universal masking in health facilities

CDC no longer recommends universal masking in health facilities

(The Hill) — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention no longer recommends universal masking in health care settings, unless the facilities are in areas of high COVID-19 transmission. The agency quietly issued the updates as part of an overhaul to its infection control guidance for health workers published late Friday afternoon. It marks a … Read more