A nurse practitioner (NP) and physician assistant (PA) are great occupations. Both provide career alternatives to advanced healthcare roles, but not as physicians. An NP attends a nursing school. A PA attends a medical school or center of medicine. Nurses follow a patient-centered model, in which they focus on disease prevention and health education. NPs
Protect the Residents New evidence shows that nursing home staff vaccination rates are the biggest safety factor on the resident population. In fact, nursing homes with the lowest staff vaccination rates had more than two times the resident COVID-19 cases compared with homes with the highest staff vaccination rates. The same facility had three times
Thousands of people hospitalized across the country are stuck. Not in airports. In hospitals. These people do not need hospital care and treatment. Nursing homes refuse to accept them without getting more federal funds. The shortages in the long term care facilities restrict the hospitals’ ability to transfer those patients out of a hospital. The
Abuse Prevention WTRF reported that Ohio unanimously passed a law that will increase safety, deter abuse, and prevent waste. The Ohio bill will allow cameras in nursing homes so abuse and neglect can be stopped. The bipartisan bill allow nursing home residents or their families to install cameras in their rooms to capture abuse and
We have handled nursing home litigation for decades. We see false documentation in almost every case. The cover up is often worse than the crime. Now, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of South Carolina reported that Tammy McDonald made fake Covid-19 vaccination cards. Tammy McDonald is a Director of Nursing in a nursing
Profits over People Unfortunately, private equity ownership in nursing homes soared in recent years. As an attorney against long-term care facilities over the last 25 years, the type of management and ownership clearly affects the quality of care for residents. The pressure to generate high, short-term profits causes private equity-owned nursing homes to reduce staffing,
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