Home care is one of the fastest growing jobs in the U.S., but low pay, lack of benefits and discrimination are leading to high turnover rates, according to Vox.
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Gov. Phil Murphy signed a bill into law Aug. 15 that requires nursing homes to develop an emergency response plan for potential disease outbreaks, less than a year after 11 children died in an adenovirus outbreak at Wanaque Nursing and…
The Pennsylvania Department of Human Services revoked the license of Allentown-based Firely Pediatric Services Home for Kids in July after a report found two staff members ignored an alarm for nearly 20 minutes, leading to the death of a 14-year-old…
The Connecticut Department of Public Health fined seven nursing homes for lapses in care that led to patient harm or endangerment, according to The Middletown Press.
Thirty percent of registered nurses at nursing homes report high levels of burnout, according to a study published July 23 in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.
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Helena, Mont.-based Big Sky Care Center received its second "immediate jeopardy" CMS citation in about two years on June 6, for putting a resident in danger of harm or death, The Independent Record reported July 24.
A California appeals court ruled July 22 that nursing home physicians and staff must consult with patients who have been found mentally incompetent, or those patient's representatives, before administering psychiatric drugs or making end-of-life decisions, according to The San Francisco…
New York health inspectors cited the Springville, N.Y.-based Jennie B. Richmond Chaffee Nursing Home for providing poor-quality care to a patient who died after being taken to an emergency room in spring 2019, according to The Buffalo News.
Patients suffer from adverse events 37.3 percent of the time during the transition from a hospital to a long-term care facility, and 70.4 percent of these events are preventable, according to a July 22 study in JAMA.
CMS proposed one rule and finalized another that aim to improve safety and quality in nursing homes.