The Scientific American lists the most dangerous jobs in America every year. They recently released the list for 2020. One of the deadliest professions was caring for vulnerable adults in nursing homes. Death rates among nursing home staff ranked among the highest based on available data. Incredible. These caregivers deserve a living wage, benefits, and
Rhode Island Senate passed legislation requiring safe staffing levels at nursing homes. This will help overstretched staff, increase quality, and prevent delays in care. The bill requires nursing homes to have enough licensed nurses and nurses-assistants to provide 4.1 hours of direct care to each resident every day. Both the unions that have pushed for
The Christian Science Monitor had an interesting article asking how nursing homes could have handled the pandemic better. What lessons were learned? The question is whether nursing homes could have done better – and can do better going forward. Only with better and safer staffing. The bottom line is that nursing homes that have worse
Transfers to emergency rooms have negative long-term impacts on the health and well-being of nursing home residents. Almost 25% of all nursing home residents experience an emergency transfer to the hospital every year. That is a significant number. The risk of injury increases with each hospitalization. However, these transfers are preventable with adequate assessments and
WBEZ analyzed data of all nursing homes in Illinois. They found that ownership affects the quality of care and ability to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. “But a WBEZ analysis of Illinois and federal data has found that the coronavirus’ spread through the industry has not been even. Nursing homes that operate for profit
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