Opinion

By Mark Parkinson, AHCA/NCAL president and Scott Tittle, NCAL executive director   Dear Governors, thank you for your leadership in response to this unprecedented health crisis and the action your administrations have undertaken to help nursing homes and assisted living communities protect our residents and dedicated caregivers in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.  Our long-term care residents and staff are now counting on your leadership again to ensure they are prioritized for the initial ‘1a’ distribution of the COVID vaccine in your states. The American Health Care Association and National Center for Assisted Living, representing more than 14,000 nursing...

Editor, On Wednesday, Dec. 2, while working at my computer, I heard a pop and lost power. We called a couple of neighbors and they both had electricity. I then called Mission Valley Power and talked with, if I remember correctly, Josie.  She was extraordinarily helpful with a very positive and upl...

Editor,  Natural energy starts with the sun rising to create planetary income, and then, plants grow and expend leaves to create planetary spending. Surplus energy is saved within the roots to create planetary savings.  The point is that income, spending and savings on a planetary scale, is simp...