The Hoptown Chronicle published a great conversation with Dr. Jasmine Travers, a gerontological nurse practitioner and college professor. She offers some insights and potential solutions to nursing home staffing shortages. More than 80% of U.S. nursing homes reported staffing shortages in early 2023. SciLine interviewed Dr. Jasmine Travers, a gerontological nurse practitioner and assistant professor of nursing at
ABC13 reported a caregiver employee was arrested for beating a resident. Patrick Ray Piggee is accused of savagely beating a man at a boarding home owned by Allstar Boarding in Missouri City. Piggee faces two counts of injury to the elderly with bodily injury and continuous family violence. The 75-year-old vulnerable adult was hospitalized and
The problems surrounding nursing home care continue post-COVID. The USA Today article “Many Nursing Homes are Poorly Staffed. How do they get away with it?” shows these facilities are understaffed, place profits over people, and complaints are ignored by law enforcement. We continue to see a decline in the quality of these facilities being mandated
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics released good news. Nursing care facilities added 12,000 jobs in July, as the health care sector overall saw payrolls increase by 63,000 workers. Since May of 2022, nursing home jobs have been recovering. The healthcare industry is a major driver of job growth. “While this is good news, there remains a
Media reports show a jury found Sharee Shantrell Bryant guilty of injury to an elderly or disabled person. Bryant worked as a caregiver at Cornerstone Nursing Center. The jury opted for a prison sentence rather than a term of probation–as requested by the defense–following the sentencing phase of trial. The convicted caretaker was given five