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causeiwanttoandican · 4 years ago

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The Telegraph

How Harry’s very LA relaunch has only just begun

From Prince to campaigner and Silicon valley ‘tech bro’ what wider impact could the Duke of Sussex's new jobs have?

By Camilla Tominey, Associate Editor28 March 2021 • 6:00am

Jobs appear to be like buses for Prince Harry. Wait a lifetime for an opening and two come along at the same time.

The former Royal’s first foray into the corporate world has seen him take up the role of chief impact officer at Silicon Valley coaching firm BetterUp, while also sitting alongside Rupert Murdoch’s daughter-in-law on a commission aiming to fight “misinformation”.

Neither role appears to have required the 36-year-old former Army captain to submit a CV or go through the usual vetting processes as he adds mental health coach and anti-fake news campaigner to his résumé.

Yet in keeping with a new breed of “celebrity responsibility”, which has increasingly seen the rich and famous flex their corporate muscles for the greater good, the highly prominent positions look set to propel the cash-strapped Prince to ever more lucrative heights, as LA’s most sought-after recruit.

Just as when Jennifer Aniston became the ‘chief creative officer’ of a natural supplement range or when David Beckham backed a cannabinoid skincare company, these mutually beneficial ‘ethical’ tie-ups can be worth their weight in publicity gold. And not just for the company that gets their endorsement.

As showbiz agent Jonathan Shalit puts it: “Like corporate responsibility – this is celebrity responsibility. There’s been a shift in people’s mindsets. Two, three years ago the mindset was: ‘What’s in it for me, how can I get paid a shedload of dosh, how can I maximise my income?’ Now people desire to give back and give back support to the community.”

While pointing out that Harry is “above celebrity,” he adds: “Many celebrities are very responsible in trying to use the strength of their platform to help others.”

The announcement of both roles last week certainly played into the idea that this was more than just a money spinner for the Montecito-based ex pat – although there is no doubt all sides are set to benefit financially.

While BetterUp may be carrying out noble work in its offer of “personalised coaching, content and care designed to transform lives and careers” – it all comes at a price.

Having spoken about his struggles with grief following the death of his mother, Diana, Princess of Wales, Harry said of his appointment to the “unicorn” tech firm: “(I) want us to move away from the idea that you have to feel broken before reaching out for help,” insisting he intends to use the job to “create impact in people’s lives”.

The Duke added: “Being attuned with your mind, and having a support structure around you, are critical to finding your own version of peak performance. What I’ve learned in my own life is the power of transforming pain into purpose.”

He said his goal was to “lift up critical dialogues around mental health, build supportive and compassionate communities, and foster an environment for honest and vulnerable conversations” and he hoped to “help people develop their inner strength, resilience and confidence”.

It might strike the cynical as Californian word salad akin to Aniston’s declaration, upon joining Vital Proteins, that: “Collagen is the glue that holds everything together. I’ve always been an advocate for nourishing your wellness from within.”

Yet as Alexi Robichaux, who co-founded BetterUp in 2013, points out, Harry does bring a unique perspective. “He comes from a very different background,” to other executives, he says, adding: “He’s synonymous with this approach of mental fitness and really investing in yourself. It was not a hard internal sale. He will obviously have the whole organisation sprinting to help him.”

Robichaux confirmed Harry was joining the company’s leadership team as an “officer of the corporation”, which suggests it is a paid role, although public relations expert Mark Borkowski thinks it “highly likely” he has been offered equity in the firm, which values itself at $1.73 billion.

“This previously unknown start-up has now got instant recognition,” he says. “I always said that if Harry and Meghan wanted to generate income, they should look to Silicon Valley. Getting eyeballs onto the company like this, with all the competition, is the hardest job in PR – but now the whole world is talking about it. That’s the effect signing up someone like Harry can have.

“If he’s got points in this firm and it goes gangbusters, he could make some serious money.” Borkowski cites the example of shares in Cellular Goods, the synthetic cannabis firm backed by Beckham, shooting up by 310 per cent after it launched on the London Stock Exchange in February following news of the star footballer’s investment.

“This is all about the ongoing narrative, now,” adds Borkowski, referencing the Oprah Winfrey interview in which the Sussexes raised serious concerns about the Royal family’s handling of racism and mental health issues.

“The impact of generating more connections to his brand is an ongoing struggle for him. But by taking that narrative, which is embedded with that interview along with mental health issues, then he can certainly have a credible corporate platform.”

Yet considering some of the discrepancies that have surfaced since the interview aired in the US on March 7, can Harry really be considered a reliable voice when it comes to combating what he has described as the “avalanche of misinformation”?

Critics have been at pains to point out that his appointment to the Aspen Institute’s new Commission on Information Disorder, a six-month project that will examine the “modern-day crisis of faith in key institutions” appears somewhat at odds with the Sussexes’ repeated insistence that they do not look at newspapers, magazines or social media.

Equally awkward is the fact that the Prince will be sitting alongside Kathryn Murdoch, who is married to James Murdoch, the former chairman of News of the World publisher News International, who resigned from his father Rupert Murdoch’s media empire last year.

As with Harry’s decision to appear on CBS, despite the US network once sparking outrage in 2004 for showing a “distasteful” photo of his mother after her fatal Parisian car crash, the move suggests the exiled Murdochs are now considered reformed characters thanks to their new found work on democracy reform and climate change.

As Harry himself put it, information disorder is an issue that demands “a multi-stakeholder response from advocacy voices” including, apparently, the wife of a man who was found by a Parliamentary report in 2012 to have shown “wilful ignorance of the extent of phone hacking” and being “guilty of an astonishing lack of curiosity” over the illegal practice that Harry, William and Kate were all subjected to along with Prince Charles, the Duchess of Cornwall and a string of palace aides.

It is not thought Harry is being paid for his work with the think tank, founded in 1949, which will look at everything from last year’s US election to vaccine safety and marginalised communities.

It is his listing on the Aspen Institute’s website, however, which perhaps provides the biggest clue to the sixth-in-line to the throne’s direction of travel as he settles into life in the US.

Referenced by his full title, Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, the soon to be father-of-two is described as a “humanitarian, military veteran, mental wellness advocate and environmentalist.”

Despite his blood-born Royal status, Shalit believes this repositioning is actually intended to put him on a par with his high-achieving wife. For unlike her husband, who left school with two A-levels before training at Sandhurst Military Academy, it is Meghan – a Northwestern University graduate with a successful acting career under her belt – who is arguably the more employable of the two, on paper at least. As an American, the pregnant mother-of-one also doesn’t carry the burden of Harry’s complicated visa and tax arrangements, amid confusion over whether he is living and working in the US as a “diplomat” or as a person with so-called “special talents”.

“I’ve met Meghan on a number of occasions and she is a hugely astute woman, very bright, incredibly impressive,” says Shalit

“So for Harry to keep up with his wife, he’s got to find his own name and identity and this is the start. He doesn’t need celebrity. When you’re Royal, you’re the biggest celebrity in the world. But what this does is allow Harry to have relevance.”

When it comes to making an impact, Royal relevance is clearly going to be the jewel in the crown of Harry’s very LA relaunch.

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pagan-witch-yo · 5 years ago

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California edition: Correspondences

Rose ☀️Feminity, water, venus, psychic powers, love, healing, love divination, protection. Used in love magic, drink to induce prophetic dreams, used in healing magic, used in fast-luck magic, use for protection.

Sagebrush ☀️Femininity, earth, venus, purification, cleansing. Burn to get rid of negative entities and energy, and bathe with it to purify yourself.

White Sage ☀️Femininity, earth, venus, purification, cleansing. Burn to get rid of negative entities and energy, and bathe with it to purify yourself.

Yerba Santa ☀️Feminity, healing, beauty, protection, psychic powers. Carry for spiritual strength, protection, psychic powers, and to improve or attain beauty. Burn in healing incense, and wear around the neck to ward off illness.

Mallow ☀️Femininity, moon, protection, exorcism, water, love. Carry to attract love, place in a vase in the window if you’ve lost your love in order to maybe attract them back, make into a salve to cast out evil from your body.

Goldenrod ☀️Femininity, venus, money, divination, air. Use in love divination, the flower is said to drift in the direction of a lost object when held, and its good to use in money spells.

Agave ☀️Lust, fire, masculinity, mars. Used in lust potions.

Yucca ☀️Masculinity, fire, mars, transformation, protection, purification. Some say if you jump through a hoop of yucca fibers or wear one on your head you can take on the form of whatever you desire, used to cast evil out of the home.

Yarrow ☀️Courage, love, femininity, venus, water, psychic powers, exorcism. Wear to protect yourself, hold to stop fear and welcome courage as well as bring love and attract friends, use in love magic, make a potion from the dried flowers and drink to improve psychic powers, and use to exorcise evil.

Rue ☀️Fire, mars, masculinity, health, healing, love, mental powers, exorcism. Use to relieve headaches, wear to aid in healing from illness and to keep from getting sick again, sniff fresh rue to clear the mind, bathe in it to break a hex, hang for protection, rub on doors to send back any negative magic placed upon you.

Vervain ☀️Femininity, earth, venus, protection, love, purification, peace, money, sleep, healing. Gather at mid-summer on a time where neither the sun or moon are present in the sky, use in love and protection magic when invoking spirits, sprinkle around to chase off evil, place in the home to protect from lightning and storms, use as an aid in peacemaking, bathe in it to purify yourself.

Fern ☀️Air, mercury, masculinity, protection, rain-making, fortune, luck, health, exorcism, youth. Put in floral arrangments for protection, plant at the door for protection or keep inside the home, wear or carry to guide yourself to treasure, burn the dried herb to rid yourself of evil spirits, burn outside to call rain or get rid of snakes and noisy creatures.

Bleeding Heart ☀️Water, love, venus, femininity. The plant brings love to wherever it’s grown. if you crush it and the juice is red then your partner loves you, but if the juice is white, they don’t. If growing indoors, place a coin in the soil.

iris ☀️Water, venus, purification, wisdom, femininity. Used for cleansing, purification, and they symbolize wisdom, faith, and valor.

Grass ☀️Protection, psychic powers. Tie knots in the grass around the house to protect it, carry for psychic powers, mark wishes on stones with grass then bury the stone or throw it into running water, hang to dispel evil.

Pine ☀️Purification, banishing negative energy, defense magic, protection, clarity of mind, spirit communication, healing, growth, inspiration, confidence when carried, good for legal matters. Burn to awaken its properties.

Cypress ☀️Earth, Saturn, feminity, healing, longevity, comfort, protection. Eases the mind and aids grief if carried at funerals, best used in times of crisis, use to invoke gods, grow near home to protect it, burn for healing, and use in immortality magic.

Douglas fir ☀️Rebirth, abundance, energy, growth, healing. Burn for purification, hold needles for grounding or aid in general communication, smell to heighten awareness, and use needles or cones in spells for wealth and prosperity.

Cedar ☀️Sun, masculinity, fire, money, purification, protection, healing. Use the smoke to purify a space and to cure bad dreams, hang to protect against lightning, use, in love magic, place near home to protect against evil, burn to induce psychic powers.

Yew ☀️Feminity, water, Saturn, raising the dead. Used in magic to raise the dead. This is very poisonous!!!

Oak ☀️Divination, prosperity, strength, victory, healing, masculinity, fire, the sun, protection, fertility. Use in protection magic and to protect against evil. Carry to protect yourself against harm. This tree has been revered in magic for a very long time.

Pinon ☀️See pine for the majority of properties. Very good to burn.

juniper ☀️Healing, survival, masculinity, the sun, fire, protection, love, anti-theft, health. Use in protection rituals, cook with the berry (sauerbraten is delicious!), hang on the door to protect from evil entering, carry the berries for male potency, wear to protect against animal attacks, use in love magic, and burn to break curses and enhance psychic powers.

Willow ☀️Femininity, the moon, love, protection, divination, healing, water. Carry to attract love, make a wand out of it for moon magic, use all parts for healing magic or protection, or make a broom out of it!

Bay Laurel ☀️Fire, sun, masculinity, psychic powers, protection, healing, purification, strength. Used in clairvoyance and wisdom potions, when burned it can be hallucinogenic, place beneath the pillow to induce prophetic dreams, burn to cause visions, makes an amazing purification and protection herb, write wishes on bay leaves and burn them to make them come true.

Aspen ☀️Purification, ancestry, family, healing, masculinity, air, anti-theft. Use to protect against thievery or to become eloquent.

Maple ☀️Air, masculinity, Jupiter, love, money, longevity. Used in love and money magic, and to make magic wands.

Walnut ☀️Fire, sun, mental powers, infertility, masculinity, wishes. Carry to strengthen the heart, known to attract lightning, if given a bag of walnuts your wishes will come true, carry in a hat to prevent headaches.

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This week was a turning point for Harry and Meghan

You don't have a job for six years, then two come along at once...This week, it was revealed that Prince Harry is taking up two new positions: one as chief impact officer at Silicon Valley start-up BetterUp, and another as a commissioner at the non-profit Aspen Institute Despite the suggestion in many headlines, Harry has had a job before -- 10 years in the military. He has also led campaigns on mental health awareness and gone into battle with the British tabloid press, which he accuses of spreading smears and lies. The two organizations for which Harry now works operate across those areas of his expertise. BetterUp provides "mental fitness" coaching to major international brands, including CNN's parent company, WarnerMedia. Aspen is spearheading a response to what it sees as an "information crisis" that is undermining "confidence in our democratic institutions." เล่นพนันออนไลน์

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lawrencedienerthings · 4 years ago

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Lack of child care prevents moms from getting drug treatment in Colorado. Here comes “RV Honey.”

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Rewa Bailey’s office inside a substance abuse treatment center has an infant swing in the corner. Baby gates strategically placed throughout the building corral toddlers while their mothers try to focus on group therapy sessions.

And as often as possible, the staff at Aspen Center in Westminster switches out the toys in an attempt to keep the tiniest humans in the rooms entertained so their moms can focus on getting off drugs, most commonly heroin and methamphetamine.

What this place needs is a day care center.

Later this month, help is coming — in the form of a giant RV gutted and transformed into a child care center with cribs, books and toys. The vehicle, named “Honey” after the teddy bear painted on its side, will spend time parked outside of Aspen Center locations and other substance abuse and mental health treatment centers throughout the Denver area.

If there is enough money to pull it off, a second day care on wheels will circulate among treatment centers in the San Luis Valley, an area hit hard by the opioid crisis.

The two traveling classrooms were funded using a mixture of state dollars, federal grants and private donations in 2019. Then this year, because of the coronavirus pandemic and resulting economic crisis, the state legislature stripped public funding for the project.

Organizers raised enough money to get the Denver-based RV ready to accept babies, but the one planned for the Alamosa area is on hold until funding is secured. Each unit costs about $250,000 to buy and renovate, and requires $150,000 to $200,000 per year to operate, including maintenance, storage and teacher salaries.

Aspen Center’s “special connections” program in Westminster is one of the few residential treatment centers in the state that provides beds not just for pregnant women, but new moms and their babies. Children up to age 2 are allowed to live with their moms in the treatment center. There is no in-house day care center, which would require licensing, trained teachers and other costs.

Outpatient treatment centers don’t have day care centers, either. And only 3% of outpatient centers in Colorado let children attend appointments and group sessions with their parents.

A crib on wheels, which would serve as an evacuation device in the event of an emergency, is parked in the RV’s kitchen. (Provided by Illuminate Colorado)

Illuminate Colorado, a nonprofit spearheading the project, is now holding a virtual community baby shower, asking people to purchase toys and baby supplies to stock the RVs. The nonprofit scaled back the number of teachers per RV to two from three, each earning about $50,000 per year.

The Denver day care is scheduled to start taking babies and toddlers before the end of the month, and organizers are hoping to send off the second mobile classroom to stops in Alamosa, Monte Vista and Del Norte by the end of this year or early next year.

The mobile classrooms are dividing their time among multiple treatment centers, parking outside each one for about half a day. The centers plan to stack their appointments with clients who have young children on the days that the RV is parked outside.

Babies and toddlers are a “huge deterrent” to getting drug treatment, especially for moms, said Bailey, who runs the special connections program. They often do not have a trusted family member or friend who will watch their child, and it feels overwhelming to find and pay for child care on top of finding a ride or taking the bus across town to an appointment. On top of all that, Bailey said, they are addicted to drugs and likely don’t feel healthy.

“Even though it’s the best option for their family, it’s a really difficult decision to make and sometimes they don’t,” said Bailey, who helped plan the RV project.

“I’m so excited. I think it’s going to help us limit the number of ‘My kid is sick. I can’t come’ and ‘I don’t have anyone to watch my baby. I can’t come.’”

The RV project not only required public and private funding, but changes in state law. Legislation in 2019 authorized the mobile day care centers, allowing for exceptions to some of the rules that brick-and-mortar child care centers are required to follow. For one thing, parents who drop off infants and toddlers in the RVs have a 30-day grace period to submit paperwork showing their babies are up to date on immunizations.

The legislation designated $500,000 per year for three years, through the state Office of Early Childhood. Thanks to coronavirus, the public money lasted only for one year.

The RV day care centers have roots going back to 2017, when Illuminate began an “environmental scan” to find out how the opioid epidemic was affecting families. The nonprofit discovered that a major barrier to getting treatment was child care, according to executive director Jade Woodard. The vast majority of adult treatment centers don’t allow children, and even when they do, it’s not ideal for parents.

“When we think about some of the families we will be serving, they have experienced significant amounts of trauma,” Woodard said. “It’s likely not the most therapeutic environment for the mom, or the baby, to be talking through past trauma while you hold your baby.”

Child care is hard to find in Colorado, especially for parents who need only a few hours per week. “It was before COVID and it certainly is now during COVID,” Woodard said. “The choices for parents are so limited. If we could provide a choice that was safe and free and onsite, it would increase the likelihood that they would go.”

Jade Woodard, executive director of Illuminate Colorado, describes the carpeted climbing area that covers the RV’s hydraulic system and that once had a queen-sized bed. (Jennifer Brown, The Colorado Sun)

Illuminate borrowed the idea of mobile day care units from a preschool program funded through the Aspen Community Foundation, which until last year brought mobile school to kids in Rifle, Silt and New Castle. The idea is spreading — a mobile preschool launched in Denver last month. Mile High United Way turned a former airport shuttle bus into a classroom, which operates in the “day care desert” neighborhoods of Globeville and Elyria-Swansea.

The RV day care centers will each have two teachers, and room for up to five infants and five toddlers. Each child can stay a maximum of three hours in a 24-hour period. The RVs are split into toddler and infant sections, with art and reading zones. A climbing area with carpeted stairs took the place of a queen-sized bed. The bathroom was remodeled to include a tiny toddler toilet, about 1-foot high.

Madison Clay, who was hired as a teacher for the Denver bus, has to learn to drive — and park — the gigantic RV. “It’s much bigger in person,” she said last week, sitting on a cooler in front of the vehicle to help collect donations of diapers and infant formula. “I am feeling a little nervous right now.”

Treatment providers are bracing for a wave of patients seeking help after the coronavirus pandemic subsides, as studies have found that substance use — particularly meth, opioids and alcohol — increased nationwide during the pandemic. At the same time, many people have avoided going to appointments or starting treatment during the pandemic.

A sign at the entrance to the “Honey” RV offers encouragement for the moms and dads who will drop off their children during treatment sessions. (Provided by Illuminate Colorado)

A lack of child care is “the No. 1 worry” for many mothers, said Patsy Bruce, child care manager for Illuminate.

“By having RV Honey out in the community, it will definitely give the ladies ease knowing that their children are provided for,” Bruce said. “We are able to offer this to an exclusive group of people, people who are currently vulnerable right now, and it will definitely lessen the stress.”

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frankmwilliams25 · 5 years ago

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Legislative Report from House District 6

Dear Friends & Neighbors,

It’s hard to believe that 73 days have passed since the Legislature temporarily adjourned due to the COVID-19 pandemic and that we’re now back in Session. Just a few updates on where we stand and what the rest of Session looks like.

COVID-19: WHERE WE STAND

The whole world has changed.

The United States has lost over 100,000 people—friends, family members, and co-workers. At least 1,008 of these deaths occurred here in Colorado. As a State, we’ve had over 24,000 cases, seen 4,119 people hospitalized, and suffered over 260 outbreaks. The New York Times aptly described the losses this past weekend as “incalculable.”

Meanwhile our doctors and nurses have proven themselves to be honest to goodness mask-wearing heroes. Our parents, students, and teachers are finishing up remote learning, uncertain of what the Fall holds but saddled with the reality that Summer will be marked by an absence of camps, sports, exploration and fun. Our essential workers—including our bus drivers, grocery clerks, and plant workers—have courageously put themselves in harm’s way to keep supplies, food, and equipment moving. Our small businesses are fighting for survival.

For many of us, life has shifted to Zoom calls and Google hangouts. Socializing has completely new meaning and rules. Just going to Target or the grocery store now is a wholly different experience.

And while I think the Governor has done an exemplary job managing this crisis, we need to do better as a State. Our testing rates are low (second to last, actually) and yet our mortality numbers are high (we rank 13th per 1 million in population). We owe the people of Colorado our very best, and as we reopen I’m committed to working with Governor Polis and my colleagues in both parties to ensure Colorado is leads the Nation in the fight to contain the virus.

On the economic front, you’ve likely seen the headlines and already know: the forecast is horrifyingly dark. Nearly 40 million Americans are out of work. While Federal spending through the CARES Act has helped (more on that below), the shortfall is simply too great. We’ve gone from debates about new programs to severe budget cuts totaling $3.1 billion, and no portion of the State budget will be spared. Indeed, this will likely force us to consider deep cuts to K-12 education, Higher Ed, and State contributions to PERA.

It is against this backdrop that the Legislature officially returned to work this AM. Here is what the remainder of the session will look like.

THE REMAINDER OF THE SESSION

The remainder of the Session will focus intensely on responding effectively to the COVID-19 crisis and passing the budget.

First, the House Chamber looks completely different. We have dividers up to keep us safe and members may participate in Second and Third Readings of bills via remote participation. It is good to be reunited with colleagues, but it’s also kinda trippy:

Refusal By Some Members to Wear Masks Plastic Dividers Have Been Installed On The House Floor…Especially Necessary Given the

As for legislation there are still three main “buckets” to think about: (1) bills that address our State response to the COVID-19 pandemic, (2) bills that we are required by law to address, including the budget (and orbital bills) and school finance formula, and (3) bills that were in the pipeline and can still be passed without fanfare or fighting (there simply isn’t time).

Starting with the first group, I have spent the past 10+ weeks working tirelessly with my colleagues in both chambers to ensure that our values are seen and heard through our response to the crisis. We have focused on housing issues, mental healthcare, and protecting workers and consumers. This includes bills to extend the foreclosure and eviction moratoria for individuals and small businesses impacted by COVID-19 as well as a new federally funded rental and mortgage assistance fund. We are also working on steering federal dollars to improve mental health for students impacted by the virus.

As for the bills we are required to address, including the budget and the school finance formula, this is where the hard decisions are going to be made and tough votes taken. As you may have read, the cuts are going to be deep and felt by everyone. At the same time, I am very concerned about where things are headed. Unless and until federal law changes, the CARES Act money cannot be used to make up for our budget shortfalls now that revenues have plunged. This ban on using the money to “backfill” the budget means that the cuts will appear worse than they are.

For example, the Joint Budget Committee (JBC) has proposed cutting K-12 education by $724 million. This could be offset somewhat by $510 million in emergency CARES spending, but there will still need to be cuts. During the last recession teachers were asked to absorb HUGE cuts which we never paid back—known as the negative factor or budget stabilization (BS) factor. Ensuring we don’t revisit that will likely trigger a debate about suspending, at least temporarily, the senior homestead property exemption—something I oppose vigorously.

We may very well need in the end, especially given the limitations imposed on us through TABOR, to make painful and difficult decisions that impact our schools and retirees. My commitment to you is to first search everywhere else for alternative funds, to leave no stone unturned—including looking into closing tax loopholes and other deductions—and to lobby my colleagues to explore these other options before we finance this calamity (again) on the backs of teachers, students, and seniors. It may not be enough. We could close $400 million in breaks and still need to cut. But I’m going to fight to close the loopholes first.

Related to the budget is the School Finance Act. I am going to advocate for a more equitable distribution of our limited resources. One way to do this is by reducing the formula’s reliance on cost-of-living, a factor that leads the State to give more money to Aspen then neighboring Lake County.

Finally, there are bills that were in the works and can still be passed. We are all weary of protracted political fights—the consensus is to find consensus and work together like adults to address the pandemic. In that spirit, some the more non-controversial bills will be advanced. I continue to work, for example, with Representatives Michaelson-Jenet and Sirota on the Holocaust & Genocide Studies in Public Schools Act, HB20-1336. The response to the crisis by certain groups has been marred by anti-Semitism and anti-Asian rhetoric and actions, and we must equip the next generation of Coloradans with the knowledge and skills to promote American values of acceptance, courage, and freedom.

The next several weeks are going to be long and difficult. The decisions we make are going to have reverberations for the next several years (which will also be painful, especially 2021). But we MUST keep the needs of vulnerable Coloradans at the top of our priorities.

It is an honor to serve you. Through the hard times and the good. As the ancient adage holds, this, too, shall pass.

Until then, I remain yours with humility, gratitude, and respect,

Steven Woodrow Representative, House District 6 (720) 400-8107

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A woman was fatally shot by police in Tuscaloosa during a mental health crisis. The incident took place at around 4:30 a.m. at the Aspen Village Apartments when officers responded to a request for assistance from a family concerning their mother. The woman, identified as Evet Tower, began threatening her adult daughter with a kitchen knife, prompting an officer to open fire. Tower was pronounced dead at the scene, while her daughter sustained non-life-threatening injuries. The tragedy has left the family and community in shock, with questions surrounding the events leading to the fatal shooting. Captain Jack Kennedy from the Tuscaloosa County Sheriff’s Office expressed sympathy for the family, acknowledging that Tower had mental health issues. The circumstances of the shooting were captured on the officers' body cameras, providing crucial evidence for the investigation. Kimberly Butler, the victim's cousin, expressed sorrow and confusion over the sudden loss, emphasizing the need for clarity and answers about what transpired during the police response. The incident, which resulted in a loss of life and injuries, has raised concerns about how law enforcement handles mental health crises and the use of force in such situations. The tragic shooting of Evet Tower underscores the challenges faced by individuals struggling with mental health issues and the need for better support and resources to prevent such outcomes. The involvement of law enforcement in responding to mental health crises raises questions about the training and protocols in place to de-escalate situations without resorting to lethal force. The investigation into the shooting will be conducted by independent investigators not affiliated with the Tuscaloosa Police Department, ensuring a thorough and impartial review of the events leading up to the use of deadly force. As the community grapples with the aftermath of the shooting, there is a call for transparency and accountability in how law enforcement agencies handle mental health crises. The tragic loss of Evet Tower has left her family and loved ones seeking answers and understanding about the circumstances that led to her death. The case will be presented to the Tuscaloosa County District Attorney's Office for evaluation, highlighting the need for a thorough examination of the facts to determine whether the use of force was justified in this case. Moving forward, there is a need for greater awareness and resources to support individuals in crisis and prevent further tragedies like this one from occurring. The shooting in Tuscaloosa serves as a sobering reminder of the complexities involved in responding to mental health emergencies and the potential risks of using lethal force in such situations. The need for specialized training for law enforcement officers to handle mental health crises effectively and peacefully is evident, as is the importance of community engagement and support for individuals and families affected by mental illness. The investigation into the shooting will shed light on the events leading to the fatal encounter, providing insights into how similar incidents can be prevented in the future. Ultimately, the tragic death of Evet Tower highlights the urgent need for proactive measures to address mental health issues and ensure the safety and well-being of all individuals in crisis.

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When Dave Rossi visited Breckenridge, Colorado, in the summer of 2001, he intended to stay for a season and then return to California. But Summit County’s mountain lifestyle lured him into staying. He set up his own design and marketing business and built a life full of mountain biking, hiking, skiing and other outdoor pursuits. As a self-employed business owner, the fit 51-year-old buys his own health insurance on Colorado’s insurance exchange. “My joke is that it’s my very expensive flu shot,” Rossi said. Typically, a flu shot is all the medical attention he needs in a given year.

That flu shot has only gotten more expensive. Despite his good health and scant use of health care services, Rossi’s insurance premiums have skyrocketed. In 2016, he paid $294.39 for an individual ACA plan with a $5,000 deductible. For 2018, Rossi is facing a monthly premium of $753 for a silver plan that has a $4,500 deductible. He’s not alone: Insurance premiums for ACA plans in Summit County rose an average of 32 percent for 2018 over the previous year.

Rossi is butting up against what some in Colorado call the “Summit County paradox.” The county has the nation’s lowest mortality rate but also some of the most expensive health insurance premiums in the marketplaces created by the Affordable Care Act. And it’s not just Summit. The No. 2 and 3 counties on the list of lowest mortality — Pitkin and Eagle counties (home to Aspen and Vail, respectively) — are also Colorado mountain communities with some of the nation’s highest health insurance premiums for people buying their insurance on an ACA exchange, despite having some of the state’s (and the nation’s) best health outcomes, with low rates of smoking and obesity.1 The 2018 unsubsidized lowest-cost bronze premium for a 40-year-old in Summit, Eagle and Pitkin counties is above the 95th percentile relative to the rest of the country, said Amy Jeter, a communications officer at the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation.

Insurance premiums are rising across the nation, and the blame is sometimes put on the high cost of insuring sick people. But the situation in Summit County suggests that simply getting people healthier isn’t enough to lower insurance costs. As we remain mired in a seemingly endless health care debate, there’s a lesson there for the rest of the country, too.

Rossi said that Obamacare’s increases are unsustainable for him because he can’t pass on those skyrocketing costs to his customers. Also, he earns too much income to qualify for subsidies that keep insurance more affordable.2 Health insurance premiums are rising so steeply that he has started wondering whether he should quit his business and look for a job that would offer insurance. “It’s a conversation I’ve been having with a bunch of friends and colleagues over the past couple of weeks,” Rossi said. “What are we going to do?”

Health care premiums are generally higher in places that have only one insurance carrier. But that’s not the case in Summit County, which has three insurance providers and 37 plans available on the 2018 exchange. “It’s something we’re scratching our head about,” Summit County Commissioner Dan Gibbs said. “It’s a crisis situation for many working families who can’t afford health insurance now.”

Colorado legislators know that something has gone wrong in the mountains — their outraged constituents have let them know as much — and as one of the states that created its own ACA health insurance exchange, Colorado has been very hands-on in managing the program. In 2014, the legislature sought to unravel the state’s health care cost conundrums by convening the Colorado Commission on Affordable Health Care. The committee found two major factors contributing to high costs in mountain communities using the ACA marketplace: a steeper cost to deliver care and a higher use of that care.

The cost of medical services was about 32 percent higher overall in the insurance region that includes the mountain resorts than it was in Denver, and for some things, it was much higher. Outpatient mental health services, for example, were 260 percent higher than those in Denver.

“It isn’t because the providers in these communities are making a fortune. It’s that the cost to run a hospital or medical practice in these areas is higher in those communities than in a place like Denver,” said Bill Lindsay, who chaired the commission. The high cost of living in places like Breckenridge, Vail and Aspen makes the problem worse because rents are more expensive and employees command higher wages.

The rural, isolated nature of these mountain communities also spikes the prices. Hospitals face high overhead costs to provide things like personnel, emergency facilities, expensive equipment and specialists. “In an urban setting, those costs can be spread over a large number of patients,” said Jonathan Mathieu, chief economist at the nonprofit Center for Improving Value in Health Care. In rural areas, these costs are spread over a smaller patient population. Hospitals in mountain resort areas also face the costs of “surge capacity” — preparing for an influx of population during the tourist season, said Chris Tholen, vice president of financial policy for the Colorado Hospital Association. “When ski season is in effect, hospitals have to open wings to care for winter ski injuries, but then we see those same wings closed for other months of the year,” said Tholen, who also served on the cost commission.

Rural areas across the country also have fewer providers and facilities like hospitals and imaging centers, and that lack of competition puts hospitals and providers in the catbird seat, Mathieu said. “You either deal with those suppliers, or as a payer, you’re not able to provide your customers those services. I think that’s a big part of this story.” When there’s only one hospital serving the county, insurance companies have more limited negotiating power. “There’s a snowball effect where it all adds up to higher cost of care,” Mathieu said.

But the cost of medical services isn’t the entire story. “When we dug into the details, we found that in the mountains, although you have a relatively young, healthy population, the utilization of certain services was 200 to 300 percent higher than for the same services in Denver,” Lindsay said, referring to advanced imaging and laboratory and pathology services.

The extra use of the health care system isn’t because all these mountain types are getting into bike wrecks or ski accidents that send them to the hospital for orthopedic injuries. Instead, Lindsay said, it’s about how many services people in mountain communities use — things like medical tests and advanced imaging like MRIs. Patients in Summit County’s insurance rating region use advanced imaging procedures at about three and a half times the rate that people in Denver do, and they’re not just using these imaging procedures to scrutinize broken bones or achy tendons but across the board, for things like cancer, too.

The commission couldn’t figure out why people in mountain communities get more advanced imaging services than people in urban areas like Denver, but it ultimately comes down to doctors. “It’s physicians who write the prescription,” Lindsay said. “The question is, why would the physicians be basically overprescribing? That’s a really important question, and I don’t know the the answer. But we need to figure out what the dickens is going on.” Why are such healthy people using so much care?

It could be that doctors in these regions were simply trained to do more testing. Edmond Toy, director of the Colorado Health Institute, said if that’s the case, “what you really need to do is have the physicians get the data in front of them and let them understand why this doctor tends to do more of this kind of procedure than the other and what they can learn from that.”

A less innocuous explanation for the high use of testing is that there are economic incentives to do more procedures, Toy said. If you buy an expensive MRI machine and you’re in a small community, that means you have to send almost everyone through if you want to recoup the cost. Whether this is what’s happening, though, remains unclear without more granular data.

It’s also possible that residents in mountain towns are using more care not because they’re sicker but because they’re richer and more demanding, Toy said. It’s just a hypothesis, but it could explain some of the disparity.

The one thing the Colorado commission’s report made clear is that the cost conundrum doesn’t have a single cause, and that means it doesn’t have a simple solution, either. But the situation in Summit County does offer lessons for the ongoing health care debate in this country: If we want to make health care affordable, it’s not enough to get people healthier — we also have to tackle the high cost of care and the potential overuse of expensive interventions.

Additional reporting by Anna Maria Barry-Jester.

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New Mexico edition: correspondences

Grass 🌅 Protection, psychic powers. Tie knots in the grass around the house to protect it, carry for psychic powers, mark wishes on stones with grass then bury the stone or throw it into running water, hang to dispel evil.

Yarrow 🌅 Courage, love, femininity, venus, water, psychic powers, exorcism. Wear to protect yourself, hold to stop fear and welcome courage as well as bring love and attract friends, use in love magic, make a potion from the dried flowers and drink to improve psychic powers, and use to exorcise evil.

Agave 🌅 Lust, fire, masculinity, mars. Used in lust potions.

Sage 🌅 Femininity, earth, venus, purification, cleansing. Burn to get rid of negative entities and energy, and bathe with it to purify yourself.

Marigold 🌅 Fire, masculinity, sun, legal matters, psychic powers, protection, prophetic dreams. Use marigolds picked at noon to comfort and strengthen the heart, hang for protection, place under your bed for protection while sleeping and to make your dreams come true, bathe in it to win the respect of everyone you meet.

Willow 🌅 Femininity, the moon, love, protection, divination, healing, water. Carry to attract love, make a wand out of it for moon magic, use all parts for healing magic or protection, or make a broom out of it!

Daisy 🌅 Feminity, water, venus, love, lust. Sleep with its root under your pillow to attract an absent lover, wear to bring love.

Ash 🌅 Fire, masculinity, sun, protection, prosperity, sea rituals, health. Carve ash into a solar cross and carry to prevent drowning at sea, represents the power that water holds, wear to protect against witchcraft, place the leaves in your pillow for prophetic dreams.

Yucca 🌅 Masculinity, fire, mars, transformation, protection, purification. Some say if you jump through a hoop of yucca fibers or wear one on your head you can take on the form of whatever you desire, used to cast evil out of the home.

Iris 🌅 Water, venus, purification, wisdom, femininity. Used for cleansing, purification, and they symbolize wisdom, faith, and valor.

Walnut 🌅 Fire, sun, mental powers, infertility, masculinity, wishes. Carry to strengthen the heart, known to attract lightning, if given a bag of walnuts your wishes will come true, carry in a hat to prevent headaches.

Juniper 🌅 Healing, survival, masculinity, the sun, fire, protection, love, anti-theft, health. Use in protection rituals, cook with the berry (sauerbraten is delicious!), hang on the door to protect from evil entering, carry the berries for male potency, wear to protect against animal attacks, use in love magic, and burn to break curses and enhance psychic powers.

Aster 🌅 Venus, femininity, water, love. Placed on Greek altars, used in love magic, carry to win love, and grow to wish for love.

Bee balm 🌅 Healing, femininity, moon, water, success, love. Used in love magic, healing magic, and success magic.

Primrose 🌅 Venus, femininity, earth, love, protection, significant to Freya. Blue and red primrose attract faeries and protect the garden from trouble and adversity, can represent sadness, or can be carried to attract love.

Foxglove 🌅 Femininity, protection, venus, water. Grow for protection, but never ingest because it’s poisonous!

Cypress 🌅 Earth, Saturn, feminity, healing, longevity, comfort, protection. Eases the mind and aids grief if carried at funerals, best used in times of crisis, use to invoke gods, grow near home to protect it, burn for healing, and use in immortality magic.

Pine 🌅 Purification, banishing negative energy, defense magic, protection, clarity of mind, spirit communication, healing, growth, inspiration, confidence when carried, good for legal matters. Burn to awaken its properties.

Aspen 🌅 Purification, ancestry, family, healing, masculinity, air, anti-theft. Use to protect against thievery or to become eloquent.

Mesquite 🌅 Healing, moon, water, femininity. Use as fuel for a magic fire or as incense for healing.

Douglas fir 🌅 Rebirth, abundance, energy, growth, healing. Burn for purification, hold needles for grounding or aid in general communication, smell to heighten awareness, and use needles or cones in spells for wealth and prosperity.

Oak 🌅 Divination, prosperity, strength, victory, healing, masculinity, fire, the sun, protection, fertility. Use in protection magic and to protect against evil. Carry to protect yourself against harm. This tree has been revered in magic for a very long time.

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What is Artificial Intelligence? AI 101, All About ...

What is Artificial Intelligence ?

Artificial Intelligence is an ability of a machine to learn and take a decision like human does in the same situation, Artificial Intelligence, which is also known as A.I. or machine learning, is the simulation of human intelligence processes by machines, especially computer systems. This Process includes learning, responding and self-improvement.

What are the types of AI?

There are 3 types of AI. These are ANI, AGI, and ASI. Explore other articles from dispulsion.com for elaborated discussion of the topics.

What can AI be used for?

Artificial intelligence can be used in various fields such as finance, banking, medical sector, transportation, etc. Artificial Intelligence refers to the branch of computer science which deals with the intelligence performed by software and machines, like a human brain.

Why do we use artificial intelligence?

Artificial intelligence is really just a program or machine's having abilities to learn and think for itself in such a way that it is capable of developing skills as it practices and gather experiences. Its purpose is supporting and enhancing human activities.

What is the goal of artificial intelligence?

The Goal of Artificial In is to become rational and responsive as human being or more, so that it may replace the presence of a human in various fields. But what would be the future with A.I., will it be a remedy for mankind or one day "It will take over the world". Well, who knows, what's the future.

Is artificial intelligence a software?

Yes, artificial intelligence is a software which supports many many corporates these days to perform various task on autopilot mode, which is now profitable through cheaper and more powerful AI. Natural Language Processing (NLP) enables AI to respond appropriately to human speech.

How much do AI programmers make?

According to Indeed.com, the average IT salary – the keyword is "artificial intelligence engineer" – in the San Francisco area ranges from approximately $134,135 per year for a software engineer to $169,930 per year for machine learning engineer. However, it can go much higher if you have the credentials firms need.

Is programming required for artificial intelligence?

You can use any standard computer programming languages for developing artificial intelligence, there is no such language in which you can't implement Artificial Intelligence or Machine Learning. Some common languages are C and Python.

Is artificial intelligence a good career?

One of the leading careers in artificial intelligence is the job of the research scientist. Research scientists are in very high demand and easily get an annual minimal salary of $99,902. Like data scientists, research scientists often are expected to have an advanced masters or doctoral degree in computer science.

Artificial intelligence is by turns terrifying, overhyped, hard to understand and just plain awesome. For an example of the last, researchers at the University of California, San Francisco were able this year to hook people up to brain monitors and generate natural-sounding synthetic speech out of mere brain activity. The goal is to give people who have lost the ability to speak — because of a stroke, A.L.S., epilepsy or something else — the power to talk to others just by thinking. That’s pretty awesome. One area where A.I. can most immediately improve our lives may be in the area of mental health. Unlike many illnesses, there’s no simple physical test you can give someone to tell if he or she is suffering from depression. Primary care physicians can be mediocre at recognizing if a patient is depressed, or at predicting who is about to become depressed. Many people contemplate suicide, but it is very hard to tell who is really serious about it. Most people don’t seek treatment until their illness is well advanced. Using A.I., researchers can make better predictions about who is going to get depressed next week, and who is going to try to kill themselves. The Crisis Text Line is a suicide prevention hotline in which people communicate through texting instead of phone calls. Using A.I. technology, the organization has analyzed more than 100 million texts it has received. The idea is to help counselors understand who is really in immediate need of emergency care. You’d think that the people most in danger of harming themselves would be the ones who use words like “suicide” or “die” most often. In fact, a person who uses words like “ibuprofen” or “Advil” is 14 times more likely to need emergency services than a person who uses “suicide.” A person who uses the crying face emoticon is 11 times more likely to need an active rescue than a person who uses “suicide.” On its website, the Crisis Text Line posts the words that people who are seriously considering suicide frequently use in their texts. A lot of them seem to be all-or-nothing words: “never,” “everything,” “anymore,” “always.” Many groups are using A.I. technology to diagnose and predict depression. For example, after listening to millions of conversations, machines can pick out depressed people based on their speaking patterns. When people suffering from depression speak, the range and pitch of their voice tend to be lower. There are more pauses, starts, and stops between words. People whose voice has a breathy quality are more likely to reattempt suicide. Machines can detect this stuff better than humans. There are also visual patterns. Depressed people move their heads less often. Their smiles don’t last as long. One research team led by Andrew Reece and Christopher Danforth analyzed 43,950 Instagram photos from 166 people and recognized who was depressed with 70 percent accuracy, which is better than general practice doctors. There are other ways to make these diagnoses. A company called Mindstrong is trying to measure mental health by how people use their smartphones: how they type and scroll, how frequently they delete characters. In his book “Deep Medicine,” which is about how A.I. is changing medicine across all fields, Eric Topol describes a study in which a learning algorithm was given medical records to predict who was likely to attempt suicide. It accurately predicted attempts nearly 80 percent of the time. By incorporating data of real-world interactions such as laughter and anger, an algorithm in a similar study was able to reach 93 percent accuracy. I had a chance to interview Topol last weekend at the Aspen Ideas: Health conference. He emphasized how poor we are at diagnosing disease across specialties and figuring out when to test and how to treat. When you compare a doctor’s diagnosis to an actual cause of death as determined by an autopsy, you find that doctors are wrong a lot of the time. Three-quarters of patients taking one of the top 10 drugs by gross sales do not get the desired or expected benefit. Medicine is hard because, as A.I. is teaching us, we’re much more different from one another than we thought. There is no single diet approach that is best for all people because we all processed food in our own distinct way. Diet, like other treatments, has to be customized.

History / Timeline of Artificial Intelligence !

You can be freaked out by the privacy-invading power of A.I. to know you, but only A.I. can gather the data necessary to do this. The upshot is that we are entering a world in which people we don’t know will be able to understand the most intimate details of our emotional life by observing the ways we communicate. You can imagine how problematic this could be if the information gets used by employers or the state. But if it’s a matter of life and death, I suspect we’re going to go there. At some level, we’re all strangers to ourselves. We’re all about to know ourselves a lot more deeply. You tell me if that’s good or bad. The Times is committed to publishing a diversity of letters to the editor. We’d like to hear what you think about this or any of our articles. Here are some tips. And here’s our email: [email protected]. Read the full article

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James Blake Combats Depression By Saying ‘No’ to Constant Touring

James Blake discussed depression and anxiety during Performing Arts Medicine Association’s (PAMA) annual symposium on Sunday, Billboard reports. During his talk, he opened up about his personal experiences with depression that led to “eventual suicidal thoughts” and encouraged others to not suffer in silence.

“I was taken away from my normal life essentially at an age where I was half-formed,” Blake said during a panel called “You Got This: Managing the Suicide Crisis in the Arts Population.” He added that being on the road can exacerbate mental health struggles.

“Your connection to other people becomes surface level,” he explained. “So if you were only in town for one day and someone asked you how you are, you go into the good stuff … which generally doesn’t involve how anxious you feel [or] how depressed you feel.”

Blake said unhealthy eating habits while on tour also contributed to his depression. “I would say that chemical imbalance due to diet and the deterioration of my health was a huge, huge factor in my depression and eventual suicidal thoughts,” he added. “I developed [dietary] intolerances that would lead to existential depression on a daily basis. I would eat a certain thing and then all day I would feel like there was just no point.”

PAMA began in the Eighties as part of the Aspen Music Festival and focused on health issues among classical musicians before expanding to all genres and disciplines. “You Got This” panelist Patrick Gannon, a clinical and performance psychologist, said that there is an “emerging epidemic of suicide,” that affects a disproportionate amount of musicians: the suicide rate for musicians is three times higher than the national average.

PAMA experts suggested that physical and mental demands of the craft, lack of access to healthcare and a culture that romanticizes substance abuse as a symbol of being free-spirited are among the reasons that contribute to musicians and other creatives being more predisposed to mental health issues and suicide than their peers.

“There is this myth that you have to be anxious to be creative, that you have to be depressed to be a genius,” Blake said during the panel. “I can truly say that anxiety has never helped me create. And I’ve watched it destroy my friends’ creative process, too.”

Blake discussed undergoing eye movement desensitization and reprocessing therapy (EMDR), which uses physical triggers to “reprocess” traumatic memories. He said the therapy “really broke the back of all the traumas and repressions that had led me to depression in the first place.” He also credited his girlfriend and her support in helping him shed unhealthy influences. “Honestly, a lot catharsis just came in telling lots of people to fuck off,” he said. “And saying no to constant touring.”

Blake said he is among the artists opening up about mental health issues because “we’ve reached a critical point.”

“We are the generation that’s watched several other generations of musicians turn to drugs and turn to excess and coping mechanisms that have destroyed them,” he said. “And there are so many high-profile people recently who have taken their own lives. So we, I think have a responsibility to talk about it and remove the stigma.”

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Who is Aspen Ridge Care Center?

Aspen Ridge Care Center is an Illinois nursing home. Aspen Ridge Care Center licensee has not been reported. Alden Wentworth is located at 2530 North Monroe Street, Decatur, IL 62526 with telephone number 217-875-0920. Aspen Ridge Care Center has 195 beds and no reported number of staff members. The Illinois Nursing Home Care Act governs Aspen Ridge Care Center .

Aspen Ridge Care Center ’s Address, Phone Number, and Contact Information

Aspen Ridge Care Center 2530 North Monroe Street Decatur, IL 62526 Tel: 217-875-0920

Aspen Ridge Care Center Overview

Aspen Ridge Care Center is a 195-bed nursing home. Aspen Ridge Care Center is also a for-profit corporation. Aspen Ridge Care Center participates in Medicare and Medicaid. Aspen Ridge Care Center is not in a Continuing Care Retirement Community (“CCRC”). A CCRC offers multiple housing options and levels of care. Typically, a CCRC offers the most service-intensive options for residents. At a CCRC, residents may freely move from one level of care to another. Aspen Ridge Care Center is also not in a hospital. Some residents require more intensive care that can only be provided at a hospital. Because Aspen Ridge Care Center is not located at a hospital, residents cannot be easily and quickly transferred to an acute care setting, if necessary.

According to Medicare’s Nursing Home Care, Aspen Ridge Care Center has an overall rating of one star, which is much below average. Altogether, Medicare gives Aspen Ridge Care Center the following star ratings. We all know the more starts, the better.

Overall rating: one star (much below average). Medicare assigns the overall star rating based on a nursing home’s performance on three separate categories: health inspections, staffing, and quality measures. Each of these categories have their own star ratings, with more stars meaning better quality of care.

Health inspections: one star (much below average). More stars means fewer health risks.

Fire safety inspections: one star (much below average). More stars means the facility is aimed at preventing fires, or protecting residents in the event of an emergency like a fire, hurricane, tornado, flood, power failure, or gas leak, etc.

Staffing: one star (much below average). More stars means a better level of staffing per nursing home resident.

Quality of resident care: one star (much below average). Once again, more stars are better. Nursing homes that are certified by Medicare and Medicaid frequently report clinical information about their residents to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). CMS then assigns nursing homes a quality of resident care star rating based on their performance on 16 measures. These, and other measures reflect how well nursing homes care for their residents

Signs of Abuse and Neglect

If you notice that your loved one exhibits any of the following, you should act immediately:

Broken bones,

Bed sores,

Bruises,

Head injuries,

Medication overdose,

Dehydration or malnutrition,

Poor hygiene,

Soiled bedding,

Rapid weight loss,

Sudden agitation or emotional withdrawal,

Frequent crying, or

Complaints of poor treatment.

Illinois Nursing Home Statistics

When a loved can no longer live independently, a tough decision must be made about the best option for care. Such a decision often must be made during a time of crisis, frequently when your loved one is ready to leave the hospital after a serious illness or operation. Illinois has approximately 1,400 long-term care facilities, or nursing homes, serving more than 100,000 residents, from the young to the elderly. Sadly, nursing home abuse and neglect, also known as elder abuse, is far too common. The Illinois Department of Public Health’s 24-hour a day Nursing Home Hotline receives nearly 19,000 calls a year, and as a result, staff respond to more than 5,000 complaints per year.

Nursing Home Profits Over Patients

Elderly care is a complex and a delicate issue. We are dealing with one of the most vulnerable sections of the population some would argue than even more so than children. So how are non- and for-profit facilities dealing with mounting costs and infamous mishaps, ranging from filthy conditions to negligent deaths?

There is need for 24/7 specialized attention, which can become quite expensive, depending on the extent of every individual requirement. For-profit nursing homes claim to deal with scant resources, with many stating meager or non-existent earnings. This allegation has been used to explain chronic staff shortage, among other shortcomings. Medicare and Medicaid funds channeled into nursing homes have been increasingly redirected towards multi-million expenses, and most of the time, the recipients of these expenditures are subsidiaries of the same corporation running the centers.

Research conducted by the University of Illinois at Chicago highlighted an increase in for-profit nursing home earnings, with quality of service diminishing simultaneously. The researchers, who were led by Lee Friedman of UIC’s School of Public Health, concluded that “patients receiving care in for-profit institutions were diagnosed with substantially more clinical signs of neglect than patients residing in not-for-profit facilities”. This trend appears to be worsening over time, raising concerns within officials and organizations in charge of regulating elderly care services.

There is a case for alarm, and suggestions to break this cycle within nursing homes range from implementing better financial controls in order to check how money is spent, to expanding requirements, tougher punishments and more rigorous scrutiny when it comes to giving out licenses.

Nursing Home Staffing Problems

Problems due to understaffing in senior citizen home centers have reached such alarming levels throughout the U.S., it is now considered a crime to undercut personnel. The consequences of chronic staff shortage for patients in elderly care installations range from painful and uncomfortable conditions on a day-to-day basis, to wrongful deaths in extreme situations.

Many patients in these facilities cannot fend for themselves –physically, mentally, or both. Less staff means less help to set senior citizens in motion. This specific measure is essential, in order to limit or eliminate the chance of developing pressure ulcers –those terrible painful bed sores many geriatric patients disclose. Also, restrained patients are not moved that often; there is simply not enough help available to accompany them around.

Centers are faced with difficulties even to tackle simple tasks, like adequate hygiene procedures. Cases involving maggot-infested feeding tubes and insect-ridden installations have rocked the public conscience in recent years. Authorities need to place special focus on chronic staff shortage in nursing homes. The examples of how this situation causes pain, anguish, and death are undeniable.

Types of Abuse and Neglect in Nursing Homes

Nursing home abuse and neglect can take many forms. Know the warning signs, so you can better protect your loved ones. If you notice that your loved one exhibits any of the following, you should take action immediately.

Bed Rail Entrapment: Bed rails are commonly used to assist patients who may have limited mobility or a high risk of falling out of bed at night, and “bed rail entrapment” occurs when a patient becomes stuck between the mattress and bed rail, which can result in serious injury or even death. There are four main ways that bed rail entrapment occurs: in-between split bed rails; in-between a single bed rail’s bars; between the bed rail and mattress; and between the bed rail, mattress, headboard, or footboard. When bed rails are not properly implemented by the nursing home or particular employees, they may be legally liable if their negligence directly results in bed rail entrapment and injuries.

Bed Rail Injuries: Portable bed rails which are commonly used in medical facilities can be dangerous for elderly patients, and one study found over 150 fatalities involving these devices between 2003 and 2012; nearly 30% of these deaths occurred in nursing homes and similar facilities, and over 80% of victims were 60 years of age or older. The FDA identifies the main risks of bed rails as: suffocation or strangulation when the head or neck is entrapped; bruising, lacerations, or fractures in trapped limbs; severe agitation and/or confusion when entrapped in the bed rail; and death, in serious cases. When a nursing home resident suffers a bed rail injury, the nursing home, a particular staff member, the bed rail’s manufacturer, or a combination of these may be legally liable due to negligence.

Bed Sores: Bed sores are often called pressure ulcers or decubitus ulcers. These sores originate at points of pressure. They develop inside-out, so that once the wound opens through the outer layer of skin, it is a full-blown ulcer and very susceptible to infection. These wounds range in severity from mild such as skin reddening to severe which are deep craters that go down through the muscle to the bone. Bedsores can develop quickly, and treatment is often difficult – especially among elderly patients. These ulcers tend to be very difficult to heal, requiring a continuous effort to relieve the pressure between the bone and the exterior of the body. Unfortunately, nursing home residents with limited mobility, who are confined to the bed or chair, are uniquely at risk for suffering these injuries.

Burns: While burn accidents in nursing homes are entirely preventable, nursing home patients are unfortunately at greater risk of injury when these accidents occur due to decreased mobility or diminished hearing or eyesight, which can potentially result in delayed reaction-times. Common causes of burn accidents include: smoking hazards, such as when a facility allows indoor smoking; unsupervised candles, which can increase the risk of a fire; flammable medical hazards related to electrical equipment, flammable gases, or pressurized oxygen; or even faulty or exposed electrical wiring in the facility itself. The nursing home and/or particular staff members should be held accountable when negligence directly results in a burn accident and injuries.

Choking: Choking accidents can occur with medications, especially larger pills, but occur primarily during meals when nursing home patients and/or their food intake are not properly supervised by professionals. Some patients require restricted diets due to difficulty swallowing, which can result from neurological damage or disorders, Alzheimer’s, cancer, and other conditions, and are at greater risk of choking when eating unsupervised, while choking can also be a general risk for many elderly patients regardless of particular conditions. The nursing home may be considered negligent when lack of supervision or proper restriction of a patient’s diet directly results in a choking incident.

Clogged Breathing Tubes: Nursing home patients who need assistance with ventilation typically use an “endotracheal tube,” which is inserted through the nose or mouth and connects to a mechanical ventilator. Maintaining these tubes requires quality nursing care, and negligence can result in clogged breathing tubes, which can have serious and even fatal complications. These include clogging by secretions or mucus plugs, which can potentially result in respiratory distress, arrest, or complete or partial collapse of the lung; hypoxia, meaning a lack of oxygen from limited airflow; and sudden death. As such, these cases can be serious and result in medical malpractice or wrongful death claims to hold the nursing home and/or particular employees accountable for their negligence.

Dehydration and Malnutrition: Between 1999 and 2002 alone, over 10,000 nursing home patients lost their lives due to dehydration and/or malnutrition. Nursing homes must ensure that all residents have proper access to food and water, and negligence can occur when nursing homes have insufficient staffing to address each resident’s needs in a timely manner, while deliberate withholding of food and water from a resident is considered abuse and also grounds for a lawsuit. Elderly residents are especially prone to dehydration and malnutrition, which can result in serious health complications and even death, and nursing homes should be held accountable when their negligence results in starving or thirsty residents.

Dropped Patients: Some nursing home residents need assistance when standing or walking, and accidents and serious injuries can occur when staff members use bad judgement or do not follow the facility’s protocols. These drops can occur due to negligence when transferring a patient from a wheelchair to the shower, bath, or bed (or vice-versa) or from one chair to another, and resulting injuries may include fractured bones, traumatic brain injury (TBI), damage to internal organs, or even death. In addition to not following protocols, other risk factors for drops include poor training, understaffing, lack of equipment, or faulty equipment, and the most common root causes are the negligence of one or more particular employees and/or the facility’s failure to properly assess the patient’s needs.

Elopement: Wandering in a nursing home is a common risk for patients with Alzheimer’s, dementia, or other psychological disorders, and “elopement” occurs when a wandering patient leaves the facility entirely. This can be very dangerous for patients who aren’t physically and/or psychologically fit to be by themselves, especially when unsupervised and out in public, and patients who have eloped due to a nursing home’s negligence have suffered serious injuries and even death. If a patient leaves his/her nursing home due to inadequate supervision, the nursing home and/or particular staff members may be legally responsible if an injury occurs.

Emotional Abuse: Emotional abuse of nursing home patients can come in many forms, including insults, harassment, threats/intimidation, yelling/screaming, and other behaviors. While emotional abuse is often the fault of one or more particular employees rather than the nursing home itself, the facility may also be legally liable for this abuse if inadequate background screening resulted in the hiring of an abusive employee who shouldn’t have received the position. Unfortunately, patients who are more vulnerable and/or require more care than others may be at greater risk of emotional abuse, and in all cases nursing home employees should be held legally accountable for their negligence.

Falls: Falls in nursing homes result in more than 1,800 deaths and many more injuries per year - among elderly patients, an estimated 10 - 20% of falls result in serious injury. Although nursing homes generally have “fall prevention programs” in place to mitigate these accidents, the negligence of nursing home staff can increase these risks in many ways. Common examples include: physical hazards, such as wet floors, inadequate lighting or security, obstructed stairways or walkways, or defective equipment; improper prescription or dosage of sedatives, depressants, or similar medications which affect the central nervous system; improperly-fitted shoes or walking aids; inadequate supervision; and failure to provide necessary assistance.

Fractures: Elderly nursing home residents - especially those suffering from osteoporosis - are more prone to suffering broken bones or fractures in accidents, and residents aged 75 years and older are at the greatest risk of any age group. These injuries include spontaneous fractures, stress fractures, and traumatic fractures, and common causes include improperly moving or lifting a patient, inadequate supervision for patients in wheelchairs, inadequate training for handling a patient’s mobility requirements, and hazardous conditions within the facility which can result in slip-and-fall accidents. Fractures can require months of physical and psychological recovery, even when treated as soon as possible, and the nursing home may be legally liable when its negligence directly results in an accident and injury.

Infections: There is an unfortunate epidemic of infections acquired not outside of medical facilities, but within them, resulting in over 1.7 million cases per year for infections acquired within hospitals alone. Nursing homes are also vulnerable to these infections, which often come from blood transfusions, catheters, patient-rooms, surgical incisions or hardware, ventilators, and other medical equipment. Nursing homes must have comprehensive infection-control policies to protect everyone within the facility, including patients, staff, and visitors, and these policies cover hand-hygiene, personal protective equipment, quarantine protocols, environmental cleanliness, and other factors. The nursing home may be legally liable for an infection acquired within the facility due to negligence.

Inadequate Supervision: Inadequate supervision in nursing homes is often caused by understaffing and/or improper training of staff and can result in a wide range of problems for patients, from dehydration/malnutrition and bed sores to medication errors, mobility accidents, bed-related injuries, and even infections or medical complications. Nursing homes must always be properly staffed to address patients’ needs and respond to emergencies in a timely manner, and serious injuries and even death can result when patients aren’t properly supervised by staff members. If a patient suffers an injury or illness as a direct result of inadequate supervision, the nursing home may be legally liable.

Medication Errors: Preventable medication errors result in hundreds of thousands of adverse drug events (ADEs) per year, and in nursing homes they can result in serious injuries/illnesses and even death. These errors include prescribing the wrong medications or dosages, mislabeling medications, failure to take a patient’s complete medical history, and failure to note patients’ reactions to particular medications. Adverse drug events cost our society an estimated 98,000 lives and $3.5 billion per year, and nursing home residents are especially prone to irreversible damage or death from medication errors: about 800,000 adverse drug events occur per year in long-term care facilities.

Overmedication: Overmedication refers to a medication error in which a nursing home patient is prescribed too much of a medication, either in quantity or dosage. Unintentional overmedication can occur due to understaffing or inexperienced improperly-trained staff, and intentional overmedication can occur when a facility wrongfully intends to sedate a patient for extended periods of time - also known as a “chemical restraint” - rather than address the root of the patient’s problem, which often results from a flawed caretaking philosophy which regularly resorts to overmedication. This practice can result in serious injury, illness, or death whether intentional or not and nursing homes should be held legally accountable for these errors.

Physical Abuse: Physical abuse in nursing homes involves violence or physical force and can come in many forms. Common signs of abuse of a patient include scratches, bites, bruises, burns, or even inappropriate restraints. Statistics show that citizens over 80 years of age are at the highest risk of physical abuse in nursing homes, and unfortunately much of this abuse goes unreported: only one out of every six patients who are physically abused report the incident afterward, according to some estimates, resulting in organizations such as the CDC and NCPEA labelling elder abuse an “invisible problem.” As such, it’s important to understand both the physical and behavioral signs that abuse may be taking place.

Physical Assault: Assault and battery is the most blatant form of physical abuse in nursing homes and is among the most egregious violations of patients’ rights. Physical assault may include punching, slapping, kicking, shaking, and other forms of force, and while most victims in nursing homes were assaulted by staff members, assault among residents of the facility can also occur due to the staff’s negligence, particularly inadequate supervision. There are many risk factors for physical assault in nursing homes: some facilities do not properly screen their employees and may hire individuals who are unstable or have violent tendencies; inadequate staffing can place great stress on employees who then act irrationally; and some residents’ physical or psychological limitations make them unfortunate targets for violence.

Physical or Chemical Restraints: Patients’ dignity and ability to move freely in nursing homes must be respected. Sometimes, nursing home employees may utilize physical or chemical restraints to handle an agitated individual, but this should only be a last-resort option that is absolutely necessary. Unnecessary or excessive use of restraints not only violates a patient’s rights, but can also result in injuries to the patient, ranging from head injuries to bone fractures and internal bleeding. Patients who have a history of falls, low cognitive performance, or are taking antipsychotic medications may be at greater risk of negligent use of restraints, and the employee and/or facility should be held accountable for the resulting physical and/or psychological pain and suffering.

Sepsis: Sepsis can occur when bacteria infect the bloodstream and often develops from bedsores and similar medical complications. Severe sepsis, also known as “septic shock,” can be fatal if not treated as soon as possible, so it’s important that these conditions are closely monitored, and the root causes are identified. A nursing home may be legally liable if negligence resulted in the condition which led to sepsis, such as bedsores, or if negligence directly resulted in sepsis or septic shock. If a patient passes away from septic shock resulting directly from negligence, the nursing home or employees may be liable in a wrongful death claim.

Sexual Assault: Sexual assault in nursing homes is a widespread and often-underreported problem. Common signs of sexual abuse of a patient include bleeding or bruising in the genital area; stained or ripped clothing, linens, or bed sheets; unusual fear or anxiety, especially in the presence of a particular staff member; and depression or changes in mood. While nursing homes and their employees are fully legally obligated to ensure that residents are safe, and their rights are protected, it’s important to maintain open communication with your loved one to determine as soon as possible if such horrendous abuse is taking place.

Wandering: Adequate staffing and supervision for patients is essential in nursing homes, and some patients suffering from psychological disorders, such as Alzheimer’s and dementia, may be prone to wandering when left unsupervised. This can be dangerous, as unassisted patients may be at risk of falling, which can result in serious injury or even death. Other risk factors include unfamiliarity with a new environment, recent changes in medication, and unmet physical needs related to hunger or hygiene. If a patient wanders in a nursing home without proper supervision and suffers an injury, the facility and/or particular staff members may be legally responsible for the injury due to negligence.

Wheelchair Accidents: While almost all wheelchair accidents are entirely preventable, they typically occur when a patient is being transported from a wheelchair to a chair or bed (or vice-versa) and can result in serious injuries or even death. These accidents can occur when staff members are inexperienced, improperly trained, or in violation of the facility’s standard protocols for transporting patients, each of which may be considered negligence on behalf of the employee and/or nursing home itself. Other common causes include inadequate supervision, failure to apply brakes when the wheelchair is not in motion, or improper securement of the wheelchair in a vehicle.

Wrongful Death: Wrongful death in a nursing home is the ultimate negligence for which no compensation is ever fully sufficient. The most common causes in these cases are dehydration and malnutrition, which can also make patients more susceptible to infections and illnesses; and medication errors, which typically consist of prescribing the wrong medication, improper dosage, or multiple medications which should not be mixed, all of which can be fatal in certain cases. When a patient’s wrongful death was a direct result of the negligence of a nursing home or particular employees within it, the surviving family has a legal right to pursue compensation and hold the negligent party accountable for their wrongdoing.

Chicago Nursing Home Abuse Lawyers Can Help You

If you believe a loved one has been abused or neglected at a nursing home, contact us for a free consultation. Agruss Law Firm, LLC, represents victims of nursing home abuse and neglect throughout Illinois. We will handle your case quickly, advise you every step of the way, and we will not hesitate to go to trial for you. This litigation strategy will provide you with the best possible compensation. Plus, we do not get paid attorney’s fees unless we win your case. Our no-fee promise is that simple. Therefore, you have nothing to risk when you hire our firm—just the opportunity to seek justice. Protect your rights by contacting us today.

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