Recruitment and retention is a fancy name for preventing high turnover of caregivers. High turnover negatively affects the quality of care. Extraordinarily high turnover at nursing homes contributes to neglect and abuse. Now, a new report proves that failure to recruit and retain caregivers caused deaths during the pandemic. Between 2017 and 2018, median turnover
Herd Immunity? We need to get to herd immunity quickly. Good news. We are ahead of schedule. The CDC updates their vaccine tracker daily. The CDC reported that more than one in every six U.S. adults have been fully vaccinated for the coronavirus. The data shows herd immunity is getting closer. At least, 40 percent
Quality of Care A bipartisan group on the Senate Finance Committee conducted hearings on the nursing home industry’s deadly incompetence. Approximately 185,000 residents and caregivers in nursing homes died because of poor infection control throughout the pandemic. The hearing noted significant deficiencies in nursing home safety and emergency preparedness standards. Here is a link to the
Sen. Elizabeth Warren intensified her fiery defense of nursing home residents. Senator Warren questioned Genesis HealthCare’s hefty bonus to CEO George Hager. Hager quit after failing the residents during the pandemic. But he took $5.2. million bonus first. The chain has been mismanaged and struggled financially for years. Genesis received about $417 million in state
Deadly Chemical Restraints A new report discloses the systemic misuse of antipsychotics and the lack of enforcement in nursing homes. “Under-Enforced and Over-Prescribed: The Antipsychotic Drug Epidemic Ravaging America’s Nursing Homes” shows how many facilities use these dangerous drugs. This is done because the caregivers are overworked and short-staffed. We need safe staffing. The regulators need
AARP’s Report Card South Carolina’s progress has been slow but steady. However, South Carolina nursing homes still have the highest resident COVID-19 infection rates of any state. We have 6.3 infected residents out of every 100 from Jan. 18 to Feb. 14, according to a recent AARP report. Staffing shortages also continue to leave about 20%,
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