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A nursing home reform advocate said the plummeting number of substantiated complaints was shocking, and a surveyor from Southern California said officials are just now working on complaints from March, suggesting the agency is dealing with a backlog.
MORNING REPORT: NURSING HOME OVERSIGHT FALTERSVOICE OF SAN DIEGOAUGUST 26, 2020VOICE OF SAN DIEGOAn advocate for nursing home reform called the drop shocking, and one surveyor indicated officials are only now working on complaints from March.
CONFIRMED NURSING HOME COMPLAINTS PLUMMET DURING PANDEMICJARED WHITLOCKAUGUST 25, 2020VOICE OF SAN DIEGOThrough matchweek 16, the Foxes were a shocking 6 points ahead of third-place Manchester City and just 8 points behind Liverpool at the top.
LEICESTER CITY SEEMED LIKE A SURE THING FOR THE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE. NOT ANYMORE.TERRENCE DOYLEJULY 15, 2020FIVETHIRTYEIGHTSo, if you find one data point that is educational, newsworthy, shocking, and relevant- build on it.
HOW TO USE HEADLINES TO HELP CREATE AND OPTIMIZE CONTENTDELANEY KLINEJUNE 16, 2020SEARCH ENGINE WATCHAs she licked the 200 envelopes, Susan became dizzy and, in a shocking twist, died at the hospital.
SCIENCE OF ‘SEINFELD’LGBTQ-EDITORJUNE 15, 2020NO STRAIGHT NEWSIt also certainly helps that his support among Republican voters has never wavered, no matter how shocking his behaviour.
AS MINNEAPOLIS BURNS, TRUMP’S PRESIDENCY IS SINKING DEEPER INTO CRISIS. AND YET, HE MAY STILL BE RE-ELECTEDLGBTQ-EDITORJUNE 2, 2020NO STRAIGHT NEWSIn this era it’s shocking but the fact is, it is still practiced in various parts of our country.
MENSTRUATION COMES WITH INNUMERABLE TABOOS IN INDIALGBTQ-EDITORMAY 29, 2020NO STRAIGHT NEWSYou’ll find it shocking that 56% of local businesses haven’t claimed their Google My Business listings.
MAXIMIZING LOCAL SEO: FIVE TACTICS TO ENHANCE VISIBILITY WITHOUT BREAKING THE BANKTOBY NWAZORMAY 19, 2020SEARCH ENGINE WATCHSimply put, while the Mongols were expected to overrun many Muslim realms, the battle caused a shocking reversal for their plans.
HISTORY OF THE CRUSADES: ORIGINS, POLITICS, AND CRUSADERSDATTATREYA MANDALMARCH 23, 2020REALM OF HISTORYIt wasn’t just this shocking finding about no confidants that got a lot of attention.
IS THERE REALLY A “LONELINESS EPIDEMIC”? (EP. 407)STEPHEN J. DUBNERFEBRUARY 27, 2020FREAKONOMICSWORDS RELATED TO SHOCKING
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