Connecticut’s long-term care “rebalancing” effort which aims to move elderly and disabled residents from institutional to home and community based care – a project that if successful could save taxpayers millions of dollars – is…
On Aging Everyday, at least one of my patients mentions aging. In their 20’s, they feel they have it all and feel sorry for people in their 30’s. In their 30’s, they talk about their…
2012 is turning into a high risk year for personal finance guru Suze Orman. First she put $1 million of her money into a controversial pre-paid credit card business. Now she has formed an investment…
written by Theresa Sullivan Barger The state Medical Examining Board fined a St. Francis Hospital Cancer Center oncologist $5,000 Tuesday for accidently administering 29 doses of radiation to the left side of a patient’s mouth,…
Written by Lisa Chedekel A Cromwell nursing home faces a fine from the state Department of Public Health for failing to properly monitor the food and fluid intake of a resident whose weight plummeted, while…
DEAR DOCTOR KATHLEEN, I have suffered from an anxiety disorder since I was a teenager. Thankfully, I’m on the right medication and have a wonderful therapist. I haven’t had a panic attack in over a…
I was speaking with a friend who works in elder care the other day, and got several surprises about the progression of life and death. I was relating the story of a woman I had…
Millions listen, watch and read Suze Orman for what they believe is unvarnished consumer and financial advice. But has Orman crossed the line by launching what could be a controversial prepaid credit card under her…
A NEW WAY OF BEING I can think of no better way to start 2012 than to pass on these anonymous words of wisdom. For those of you who may have missed this on…
Most Americans suffer from neck pain at one time or another, and my guess is that most family doctors hand out muscle relaxing pills to relieve the pain. But research is showing that light exercise…
WEEKENDS & WEDNESDAY NIGHTS Dear Doctor Kathleen, I am a divorced father of 2 little girls, ages 5 and 7. Fortunately, my ex-wife and I have an excellent relationship and work well co-parenting. The problem…
Do you know what the most dangerous word for consumers is? FREE . More people have been cheated out of money by those four letters than any other marketing tactic that I can think of….
It is time to say goodbye to another year, with all of its successes and failures and the sometimes unsettling realization that we are all a year older too. Connecticut’s seniors have had a reasonably…
Written by Rob Gurwitt WebKazoo Graphic Each time John Dempsey Hospital performs a cardiac valve surgery, the hospital receives a median payment of $82,589 from Medicare – about $23,000 more than the median paid to…
Written by Lisa Chedekel A Waterbury group home for people with severe psychiatric disabilities has been cited by the state for failing to provide proper care for two residents with past suicide attempts who injured…
WHAT WILL YOU REMEMBER? After the presents are unwrapped, the dinners are eaten, and the songs are sung, what will you remember about this holiday season? Was all the stress and worry necessary? “What should…
(Andres Cediel/Frontline) by Chisun Lee and A.C. Thompson, ProPublica, and Carl Byker, PBS “Frontline”Nothing, it seemed, was unusual about Joseph Shepter’s death. A retired U.S. government scientist, Shepter spent his final two years dwelling in…
Bank of America – now the second largest bank in the country – today agreed to pay $335 million to resolve allegations that its Countrywide unit discriminated against qualified African-American and Hispanic borrowers. The settlement,…
If you only look at television advertising or listen to the radio version of those same ads you’d easily conclude that all is happiness at this time of the year – even husbands doing last…
A Westport plastic surgeon was fined $25,000 by the Connecticut Medical Examining Board on Tuesday for operating a clinic that inspectors found had sloppy record-keeping and rusty and dirty equipment. Several other doctors were also…