Here in Florida, which the governor recently referred to as “God’s waiting room” because of the large population of elderly retirees, everyone knows about the fragility of life in the nursing homes and assisted-living places.  These places are packed with elderly people with very weak immune systems (partly because they are stuck inside in sunny Florida) and multiple, pre-existing serious illnesses.  Once the New Yorkers begin flooding South Florida in the fall, bringing all their frozen-North diseases with them, the sounds of coughing and sneezing in public become very noticeable and there is a spike in the following:  many in … Continue reading The Nursing Home Scam