Nursing homes faced serious staffing problems for decades. Nursing homes are required to provide safe and sufficient staff to meet the needs of the residents. Nursing aides are the lifeline in any nursing home. CNAs are the frontline workers who provide almost all of the direct care. They are responsible for feeding, cleaning, and bathing
Ames Alexander is an investigative reporter for the Charlotte Observer that contributed to Left Alone, an investigation into the nursing home industry in North Carolina. The investigation discovered a struggle to hire and retain caregivers causing nursing homes to endanger thousands of vulnerable residents. People are getting neglected and abused. Left Alone has 6 parts.
Caregivers are fleeing nursing employment for staffing agency. Better pay and benefits. The industry needs to do better. The Biden administration should get credit for the booming economy. Real GDP in the U.S. exceeds that of the other G-7 countries. Household cash exceeds debt for the first time in 30 years. Inflation is going down.
As a gerontologist and dementia behavior specialist, Eilon Caspi wrote a book on preventing resident to resident incidents. See his documentary called “Fighting for Dignity.” The film sheds light on the emotional trauma experienced by family members of residents harmed during these episodes in nursing homes. Resident-to-resident incidents are defined by researchers as “negative, aggressive
Failure to Plan North Carolina Health News had a great report about the problems in North Carolina nursing homes. The same problems exists in South Carolina as well. Unsafe staffing and gross failures to plan are widespread. The report discusses Principle Long Term Care and its facility Pine Ridge Health and Rehabilitation. Principle Long Term
The Long-Term Care Coalition released the following: The following is an alert for the Q3 2021 staffing report. To access the report, click here. March 3, 2022 – Federal requirements mandate that nursing homes have sufficient staff, with the appropriate competencies to meet the clinical, emotional, and psychosocial needs of every resident. Unfortunately, understaffing is a
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