A recent study led by Professor Yong Suk Lee at the University of Notre Dame highlights the transformative potential of robotics/AI in nursing homes. The findings, based on facilities in Japan, show that integrating robots not only improves patient outcomes but also boosts employee retention, an issue the U.S. elder-care industry desperately needs to address.
The North Dakota Monitor reported the critical need for safe staffing levels. The Biden administration’s newly implemented staffing standards for nursing homes mark a long-overdue effort to address systemic neglect in the industry. These standards require at least 0.55 hours (33 minutes) of RN care per resident per day and 2.45 hours (2 hours and
A recent study conducted by Matthew P. Maughan examined more than 9,000 US nursing homes across 610 different chains. Maughan told McKnight’s Long-Term Care News: “Large chains benefit in terms of administrative efficiency, but staffing is one of those inputs to the process that does not ‘scale’ well; larger employers can get by on less
Monica Blackwell has been accused of taking prescription painkillers and medication for anxiety and panic disorders from 13 nursing home patients. Blackwell was an agency nurse who admitted to investigators that she stole the medications for her own use, according to the criminal complaint. Narcotics agent, Brian Kosoglow, said that the detailed accounts of patients
This past spring in Provincetown, a patient checked into residence at a Seashore Point nursing home for rehabilitation after breaking their leg. During the two-and-a-half-month stay, the patient was taken to Cape Cod Hospital for multiple infected wounds. Once the family had removed the patient from the facility, their loved one was rushed to the
McKnight’s reported how the nursing home industry is confident the safe staffing rule will be removed by the new Administration despite evidence it will lead to neglect and abuse. Clearly, the nursing home lobbyists owns Trump and the Republicans. The skilled nursing sector met with the Trump team before Election Day to discuss concerns with
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