Staffing at nursing homes are unsafe. Turnover and retention are major problems for quality of care. Facilities do not provide enough staff to meet the needs of the residents. Researchers have known for decades that these factors are critical for quality of care in facilities. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid services confirmed the causal
Visitation and Vaccination Visitation rules limiting visits in most facilities eased as the CDC reported that COVID is in decline. CMS recommends long-term care facilities test visitors for COVID-19 before allowing them entry into their buildings. Nursing homes must allow visitation for residents “at all times” under CMS standards. CMS earlier reemphasized that providers can only
Registered Sexual Offenders The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported on horrible incidents at Brighton Rehabilitation and Wellness Center. Nursing assistant Shelly Houk caught resident Richard Walter assaulting a demented “child-like” woman. She saw Walter with his pants down forcing the woman’s head in his lap. Houk later testified at Walter’s preliminary hearing on charges of sexual assault. The
Eilon Caspi is the Assistant Research Professor of Health, Intervention, and Policy at the University of Connecticut. He wrote a fantastic article about resident to resident assaults in nursing homes. These preventable incidents are prevalent in nursing homes. He is a gerontologist and dementia behavior specialist. He literally wrote the book! His film, “Fighting for Dignity,”
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
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