Category: Staffing

Low CNA Pay Linked to High Turnover Rate, Poor Care

I recently read an interesting article about CNAs in nursing homes.  CNAs change adult diapers, clean soiled residents and help the elderly dress, eat and shower among other duties.  Unfortunately, these employees who handle so much of the daily, essential care needed by nursing home residents are underpaid.  The article states that the average pay

Rat found in resident’s mouth

Rat dies in mouth of California nursing home patient Staffing was so inadequate at a California senior center that a rat crawled into an Alzheimer’s patient’s mouth and died there before staff noticed, a lawsuit claims. The lawsuit alleges that Paragon Gardens Assisted Living and Memory Care Community in Mission Viejo overbooked their facility to receive

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