CNN (5/19) reports the Federal Trade Commission is warning “that nursing homes in several states are requesting residents sign over their stimulus checks.” FTC Elder Justice Coordinator Lois Greisman said that some facilities are falsely saying they get to keep the payment if a patient is on Medicaid.
STAT (5/19, Zia) profiles a nursing home resident in Cleveland, Mehdi Saghafi, who tested positive for coronavirus in late April.
Saghafi “was immediately transferred to a separate unit and is being kept in isolation there for 21 days, even longer than the two-week isolation period recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.” Now, “his family worries Saghafi feels abandoned – and fears for his psychological health on top of