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Nursing home owners drained cash while residents deteriorated, state filings suggest
1 year, 11 months ago

Nursing home owners drained cash while residents deteriorated, state filings suggest

NPR  

Nursing home owners drained cash while residents deteriorated, state filings suggest Enlarge this image toggle caption Maskot/Getty Images Maskot/Getty Images After the nursing home where Leann Sample worked was bought by private investors, it started falling apart. Over seven years, The Villages of Orleans Health & Rehabilitation Center, located in western New York near Lake Ontario, paid nearly $16 million …

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Wave of rural nursing home closures grows amid staffing crunch
1 year, 11 months ago

Wave of rural nursing home closures grows amid staffing crunch

Salon  

WAUKON, Iowa — Marjorie Kruger was stunned to learn last fall that she would have to leave the nursing home where she'd lived comfortably for six years. In Iowa, 13 of the 15 nursing homes that closed in 2022 were in rural areas, according to the Iowa Health Care Association. Lori Porter, chief executive officer of the National Association of …

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Nursing homes are suing friends and family to collect on patients' bills
2 years, 5 months ago

Nursing homes are suing friends and family to collect on patients' bills

NPR  

Nursing homes are suing friends and family to collect on patients' bills Enlarge this image toggle caption Heather Ainsworth for KHN Heather Ainsworth for KHN ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Lucille Brooks was stunned when she picked up the phone before Christmas two years ago and learned a nursing home was suing her. "The level of aggression that nursing homes are using …

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No prison time for Tennessee nurse convicted of fatal drug error
2 years, 7 months ago

No prison time for Tennessee nurse convicted of fatal drug error

Salon  

RaDonda Vaught, a former Tennessee nurse convicted of two felonies for a fatal drug error, whose trial became a rallying cry for nurses fearful of the criminalization of medical mistakes, will not be required to spend any time in prison. Smith said that the family of the patient who died as a result of Vaught's medication mix-up suffered a "terrible …

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Nursing homes still see dangerously long waits for Covid-19 test results
4 years, 2 months ago

Nursing homes still see dangerously long waits for Covid-19 test results

CNN  

KHN — Nursing homes are still taking days to get back Covid-19 test results as many shun the Trump administration’s central strategy to limit the spread of the virus among old and sick Americans. The federal government “just hands stuff off to nursing homes and then says, ‘Hey, it’s yours; go use it,’” he said. “And then when things fall …

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'Street Medics' Fight COVID-19 And Tend To Protesters' Wounds
4 years, 7 months ago

'Street Medics' Fight COVID-19 And Tend To Protesters' Wounds

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'Street Medics' Fight COVID-19 And Tend To Protesters' Wounds Enlarge this image toggle caption Michael Ciaglo/Getty Images Michael Ciaglo/Getty Images Amid clouds of choking tear gas, booming flash-bang grenades and other "riot control agents," volunteer medics in Denver plunged into street protests in recent weeks to help the injured — sometimes rushing to the front lines as soon as their …

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Long before the coronavirus, many highly rated nursing homes have infection-control lapses
4 years, 10 months ago

Long before the coronavirus, many highly rated nursing homes have infection-control lapses

CNN  

CNN — Long before the novel coronavirus made its surprise appearance, the nation’s nursing homes were struggling to obey basic infection prevention protocols designed to halt the spread of viruses and bacteria they battle daily. KHN’s analysis found that 53% of homes with the most nurses and aides — which CMS awards five stars for staffing on its Nursing Home …

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