For 20 years, experts recommended 4.1 hours per day of direct care per patient in nursing homes. It is the benchmark for quality care and better outcomes. Elder law advocates and experts support the Pennsylvania proposal to increase nursing homes’ minimum level of direct care to 4.1 hours daily per patient. Currently, the minimum is
Unsafe Staffing More than 186,000 residents and staff have died from COVID-19 in nursing homes, assisted living facilities and other long-term care settings. The figure accounts for about one-quarter of the U.S.’s entire COVID-19 death toll. More than 2,000 resident deaths died from COVID-19 for a second month in a row. Unsafe staffing levels in
WWLTV reported the sad and horrific molestation of a vulnerable adult by a nursing home caregiver. The Bogalusa Police Department arrested Angela Dawn Holloway Austin on charges of sexual abuse of an animal and molestation of a person with a physical or mental disability. She works in a Louisiana nursing home. She was arrested after
The vast majority of legal analysts understand that CMS has the legal authority to require vaccines for healthcare providers to protect vulnerable patients. 76,000 Medicare and Medicaid funded providers have until Dec. 5 to achieve 100% staff vaccination by Jan. 4. The requirement may apply to more than 17 million healthcare workers. More than 14
McKnight’s had another article on the long-standing problem of nursing homes improperly sedating residents. This practice is known as chemical restraints. The misuse and abuse of antipsychotics is a well-known problem. Antipsychotic medications are dangerous for the elderly especially those suffering from dementia. Long-term care clinical experts are acutely aware of the dangers of overprescribing
Employment The Biden Administration will provide $500 million to the nursing home industry. The initiative will send strike teams to nursing homes to help with infection control and prevention efforts, and address staffing shortages. The strike team program will be a partnership between providers and inspectors that reduces the spread of infections at facilities. CMS