Jordan Rau, Kaiser Health and fitness News Following the nursing residence in which Leann Sample worked was purchased by non-public traders, it started out slipping aside. Practically. Section of a ceiling collapsed on a nurse, the air conditioning conked out routinely, and a rest room after burst on Sample when […]
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Health Care Half Hour – The future of nursing homes
by Thomas Goldsmith As the long time period care program emerges from COVID will we see far better treatment in these services? What are the cracks that the COVID pandemic disclosed in the U.S.’ process of care for the most vulnerable and what actions can be taken to improve the […]
NC veterans agency ignores nursing home assessment deadline
By Thomas Goldsmith Until they heard from Gov. Roy Cooper, the state Division of Military and Veterans Affairs slow-walked directives and missed legislative deadlines to look into the state veterans nursing home system and to report regularly on their progress, state records show. Provisions in the state budget bill passed […]
Nursing students promote healthy lifestyle at FIT Camp: Indiana University Kokomo
KOKOMO, Ind. — A healthful way of life begins with healthier habits – no issue the age. That is what Match Camp is all about this summer time – selling overall health and wellness among young children ages 6 to 10. College and college students at Indiana College Kokomo will […]
Owners of troubled Thomasville nursing home avoid scrutiny
By Thomas Goldsmith and Rose Hoban Pointed questions arose about drastically low staffing and apparent failure to plan by Kinston-based Principle Long Term Care after its facility Pine Ridge Health and Rehabilitation faced a crisis on the icy night of Jan. 16. By the time local EMS and government officials […]
Better nursing home care will require more workers
Jordan Rau Kaiser Health News The Biden administration has identified core impediments to better nursing home care in its proposed overhaul of the industry, but turning aspirations into reality will require a complex task: mandating adequate staffing levels for all homes without bankrupting those that can’t afford far higher labor […]