Skilled Nursing News reported that National Healthcare Corp. (NHC) is acquiring financial interests in hospice and palliative care system Caris Healthcare for $38.95 million. Interesting, they always complain that they have no money to increase staffing. NHC operates 75 nursing homes, 35 home health agencies, 28 hospice agencies, and 24 ALFs. The continuum of care is
The Pennsylvania Department of Health proposes to implement safe staffing. A new regulatory proposal increases the required time spent providing direct care for each nursing home resident to 4.1 hours. CMS has encourage 4.1 hours per patient days since its 2001 Staffing Report. Experts and advocates praised the proposal. The SEIU Healthcare Pennsylvania is a
Burnout The Biden Administration is providing over $100 million in federal relief funding to address burnout among healthcare workers. The nursing home industry causes burnout with the short-staffing the facilities. Unsafe staffing affects the residents AND the caregivers. The new funds will invest in three different programs. These programs help staff respond to stressful situations,
Nursing home and assisted living facility workers are being paid at or near the minimum wage. At the same time, fast food workers make more. That is ridiculous. They deserve a living wage. “You can get a job at Walmart stocking shelves for about the same wages as you would get at a nursing home,”
TikTok McKnight’s reported on a strange and disturbing story. The Citadel at Winston-Salem suspended nurse Kelly Morris for videos posted on TikTok that allegedly showed her joking about abusing residents. Why would you joke about that? Accordius Health owns and operates the Facility. Accordius Health said in a statement: “Misuse and unprofessional use of social
For-Profit Ownership is the Problem As a long-time nursing home attorney, I can assure you that for-profit chains have lower quality of care. A new study verifies the obvious. Evidentiary findings published in the Journal of Long-Term Care serve as the latest evidence against for-profit management of nursing homes. Dozens of studies prove the negative relationship