Category: Staffing

Vice Expose

Vice News investigated the for-profit nursing home chain Life Care Centers. Vice did a fantastic job explaining the failures of the nursing home industry by using Life Care Centers as an example. Brilliant. As a nursing home attorney, we hear these stories all the time. It all comes down to unsafe staffing caused by unreasonable

Nurse Practioneers and Physician Assistants

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

Residents v. Staff Choice

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

Private Equity Ownership

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,

Facility-initiated Discharges

McKnight’s recently reported that CMS may finally get serious about stopping “illegal dumping” of nursing home residents. Consumer advocates and industry experts criticize nursing home discharge policies. In the past, nursing homes would evict residents when they applied for Medicaid. Health and Human Services’ Office of the Inspector General disclosed in a report that nursing homes

Telling the Truth

The Berkshire Eagle reported on the whistleblower at Springside Rehabilitation and Skilled Care Center. Laura Heath claims her wrongful termination was due to reporting unsafe staffing during a COVID-19 outbreak last winter. The state sent in the National Guard to provide care. Low staffing ratios are a problem in nursing homes across the U.S. and

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