WPDE reported another South Carolina nursing home employee has been arrested and charged with abusing a vulnerable adult. How can this continue to happen? Where is the training and supervision? Police booked Lottie M. Henderson into the Chesterfield County Detention Center. The South Carolina Medicaid Fraud Control Unit (SCMFCU) discovered that Henderson inflicted physical abuse
Patient abandonment is a horrific problem that arises from unsafe staffing.
Caregivers deserve a living wage and safe work environments. These caregivers are working without a contract since last year? How is that fair? But do strikes still work?
CBS News reported the horrific sexual assault of a vulnerable adult at a nursing home. Christine Mulcahy’s sister, K.P., had a stroke and needed skilled nursing care. Police arrested a nursing home aide with sexually assaulting a woman under his care at Regent of Burnsville nursing home. “To put her into a facility where you
Staffing Staffing shortages are still a major problem for skilled nursing operations, especially as the acuity level of patients has risen. The National Institutes of Health notes unsafe staffing at hospitals leads to more errors in care and even more burnout among overworked nurses. A recent survey by AMN Healthcare found nearly 1 in 3 nurses