Biden administration sets nursing home staffing minimums
The first-ever minimum staffing rule has been set for nursing homes, the Biden administration announced Monday.
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The first-ever minimum staffing rule has been set for nursing homes, the Biden administration announced Monday.
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Shelly Olson's mother, who has dementia, has lived at the Scandia Village nursing home in rural Sister Bay, Wisconsin, for almost five years. At first, Olson said, her mother received great care at the facility, then owned ...
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Nine months after giving birth, Caitlin Martin is still waiting to bring her son home from the hospital.
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The tumultuous royal commission into the Australian aged care system concluded two years ago with a suite of 148 recommendations—a complete overhaul of "an aged care system in crisis," according to Anika Wells, the federal ...
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Judith Sullivan was recovering from major surgery at a Connecticut nursing home in March when she got surprising news from her Medicare Advantage plan: It would no longer pay for her care because she was well enough to go ...
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More than 40% of Americans say nursing homes are unsafe and 7 in 10 say they would be uncomfortable with ever having to be admitted to one even if they needed such care, while more than 6 in 10 (61%) feel similarly anxious ...
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Nursing homes will soon have to meet federal minimum staffing requirements, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced Friday.
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More than 80% of U.S. nursing homes reported staffing shortages in early 2023. SciLine interviewed Dr. Jasmine Travers, a gerontological nurse practitioner and assistant professor of nursing at New York University Rory Meyers ...
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