Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure declared that “Vaccine requirements work.” She once again urged healthcare facility administrators to increase efforts to get workers vaccinated against COVID-19. Brooks-LaSure wrote: “We have seen that health care systems that implement vaccine requirements are not experiencing dramatic staff losses. Vaccinated staff are instead more available
The Berkshire Eagle reported on a curious case because of the differing standards of proof or evidence. How to explain? Criminal Case Police charged Louis Hansen with indecent assault and battery on a person over 14, and permitting injury to an elderly person for an incident in April 2019. Hansen is a certified nursing aide for
WXXI News reported another sexual assault at a nursing home. As a nursing home attorney for over 25 years, I have never seen so many stories about sexual assaults and rape at nursing homes nationwide. The nursing home industry would rather pay rapists than provide a living wage and benefits to qualified caregivers. Quality of
Safety Decision The Supreme Court ruled CMS’s vaccine or testing requirement for healthcare workers was constitutional. The Court’s 5-4 decision lifted two injunctions blocking the safety requirement. Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. and Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh joined the three liberal-leaning justices, Stephen G. Breyer, Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan in issuing the majority opinion
Staffing Crisis Short-staffing because of low wages, poor working conditions, and lack of benefits affect the level of quality of care residents receive in nursing homes. Caregivers want and deserve more. The industry refuses to increases wages for certified nurse aides who perform 95% of the direct or custodial care of the residents. Staffing shortages
Every year, the media discusses the problems in long-term care. It is the same story. Abuse. Sexual Assaults. Short-staffed. Financial exploitation. It is tragic and overwhelming after 25 years of representing neglected vulnerable adults as an attorney. Poor working conditions, low wages, and unsafe staffing levels are the norm. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data shows