North Carolina officials say a federal grant will help about 550 older and disabled North Carolinians stay home instead of being placed in nursing homes and hospitals. The nearly $$17 million grant is part of a larger 5-year federal project that will pay for caregivers to provide services in homes. Officials say one goal is
I saw this story and thought of all the residents who suffered pain as a result of his intentional act. This is why supervision of nursing home employees is crucial. A 40-year-old nurse who pleaded guilty to switching out painkillers meant for nursing home patients has been sentenced to just over five years in prison.
I just read this article about staffing at night in hospitals. It starts and ends with a particular incident at the Medical University of South Carolina’s children’s hospital. This is a truly terrifying account of the lack of staffing in hospitals on night shift. Now take this same idea of less staffing to a nursing home setting.
Senior citizens who do not have children to help care for them are less likely to have to go into a nursing home if they live in a state that spends more on home- and community- based services found. Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago report the finding in the May 11 issue
A Cleveland, Tenn., nursing home company has settled a lawsuit for neglecting its patients and allowing an elderly woman to lie in her own feces for hours at a time after back surgery. The woman, Betty Mae Hanzel of Hastings, developed an infection in her wound during her stay at the Life Care Center of
State and national organizations pushing for nursing home reform say life-threatening problems in facilities for the elderly usually are linked to inadequate staffing. Nursing home residents have their needs ignored because staffers are overworked, according to top officials with the National Citizens’ Coalition for Nursing Home Reform in Washington, D.C., and Kentuckians for Nursing Home Reform,