Sick and Tired The L.A. Time reported that compassionate caregivers are now running out of compassion for the unvaccinated. One such caregiver is Anita Sircar. She is an infectious disease physician and clinical instructor of health sciences at the UCLA School of Medicine. She wrote about watching the deaths of unvaccinated patients for the last
Police investigated a report of an alleged assault at Fellowship Manor nursing home on June 17. Julian Rosemarie Bailey worked as a caregiver. The caregiver allegedly assaulted a 91-year-old resident. He was charged with simple assault and harassment. The defense to the assault is that the elderly vulnerable resident was “combative” and therefore the assault
MyFox8 reported police charged caregiver Briea Askew with second-degree murder. Askew was taking care of a 21 year old female vulnerable adult with cerebral palsy. The patient was in a hot car for around five hours. She died in a hospital on Aug. 10, according to a High Point Police Department news release. Absolutely horrific.
AARP is gathering federal data as part of its COVID-19 nursing home dashboards, which are summarized in four-week periods. AARP said its latest tracking data showed only 60% of long-term care facility workers in America have received their COVID shots. CMS reports that 62% of nursing home staff are vaccinated. However, vaccination rates ranges from a high
The National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care reported a new survey showing that the nursing home industry is paying overtime, and relying on agency and temporary staff at record levels. In short, there’s a huge demand for healthcare workers and not enough supply. Industry wages need to increase to a living wage to recruit
The Nursing Home Improvement and Accountability Act of 2021 will change the future of the nursing home industry forever. For the better. But only if it passes. The law provides the industry more funds for safe staffing and significant staffing reform. Experts also encourage small group homes as an alternative to the larger traditional institutional