For-Profits Decrease Care Skilled Nursing News reported on how private equity investors, vulture capitalists, and Wall Street exploit nursing home industry finances. Leveraging real estate and siphoning funds to individual owners cause short-staffing and decrease in quality of care. A study identified a series of negative trends caused by private equity ownership. Cutting corners to
Systemic Problems The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed a failure to protect nursing home residents and staff. As a nursing home lawyer for over 25 years, these failures were long-standing and systemic. Persistent problems with nursing home care existed for years. Often because of too few and inadequately trained frontline staff. Solutions do exist. Safe staffing, transparency,
Staffing Data OnShift® announced that SavaSeniorCare Administrative and Consulting, LLC, one of the nation’s largest skilled nursing providers, has selected OnShift’s human capital management platform to 15,000 employees. SavaSeniorCare is using OnShift’s employee scheduling and financial wellness software with OnShift’s recruiting, hiring, time and attendance, and employee engagement solutions. “Our workforce is the heart of
Many people complain about the visitation policies at nursing homes. However, the policy may change soon. SCHDEC stated when the vaccination process is completed then South Carolina’s visitation policy will change. Not sure why we need to wait to every resident gets both shots. The below chart — from the New York Times — gives
Negligent Care is OK? The Miami Herald reported on the negative effects of Georgia’s unfair immunity law for nursing homes. Consumer advocates, industry experts, and families of neglected and abused residents complain about the blanket legal immunity. Georgia Republican lawmakers blocked lawsuits unless plaintiffs can prove by clear and convincing evidence that nursing homes were
Vaccination skepticism is higher among registered Republicans, white people without a college degree, and lower-income households. Apparently, wealthy educated liberal white people are less skeptical of the vaccines. The evidence shows that a full dose of the vaccine effectively eliminates the risk of Covid-19 death, nearly eliminates the risk of hospitalization and drastically reduces a person’s
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