Agency Temps Nursing homes do not have enough caregivers. Short-staffing affects the quality of care. They do not pay caregivers enough. They do not provide benefits. Administrators are stuck using temporary caregivers from agencies. However, they often lack the training on specific polices and procedures at the facility. Temporary caregivers have no familiarity with the
Abuse and Neglect WSPA reported that South Carolina police arrested Mariquita Antionetta Mcgowan and Jasmine Lariane Tomika Carter for neglect of a vulnerable adult. The two nursing home caregivers strapped a resident to a toilet. That is sick. The caregivers left the poor resident on the toilet for at least eight hours causing significant injuries.
Facilities Increase Staffing Politico published a great article from elder advocate and health care expert David Grabowski. He studies long-term care and the economics of aging. Grabowski is a professor of health care policy at Harvard Medical School. “I’ve been studying long-term care settings for many years, and I think there’s a quicker and possibly
WVTF had a great conversation about staffing in nursing homes. The average nursing home in the U.S. has their entire nursing home staff change over over the course of the calendar year. This is a horrible way to provide good, quality nursing home care.
Communication Skilled Nursing News reported in a recent webinar sponsored by MatrixCare discussing collaboration between physicians and nursing homes. SNFs are required to have a medical director – a physician responsible for coordinating care at the facility – by law. However, COVID showed improvement was long overdue. COVID is the catalyst for significant change in the
John Oliver takes on the nursing home industry on his weekly show “Last Week Tonight”.