This story was published by The Center for Public Integrity, a nonprofit, nonpartisan investigative news organization in Washington, D.C. Many U.S. nursing home patients may not be receiving the level ...
The Advance Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation was ordered by the state to hire an independent consultant and mandated staffing ratios. (C-HIT photo.) Credit: C-HIT CT Mirror’s independent, ...
A new federal policy from the Trump administration is drawing concern from educators and healthcare leaders after reclassifying nursing programs so they are no longer recognized as “professional ...
Last October, state inspectors visited Des Moines’ Fleur Heights Center for Wellness and Rehabilitation to investigate a backlog of 14 complaints alleging substandard care. While one inspector watched ...
The Massachusetts Nurses Association said this policy is an insult to every person who delivers lifesaving care.
For many people, aging means you might need a little extra help with everyday tasks. Typically, the human body slows down and gets creaky, and health issues often crop up in the latter half of life.
More than 80 percent of nursing homes are reporting higher levels of registered nurse care to a government-run website for consumers than are reflected in their reports to Medicare. Studies show that ...
The federal government will, for the first time, dictate staffing levels at nursing homes, the Biden administration said Friday, responding to systemic problems bared by mass COVID-19 deaths. While ...
Nursing homes will be required to have minimum levels of front-line caregivers for the first time or face financial penalties under a new requirement the Biden administration announced Monday. The ...
Rachel M. Werner ([email protected]) is the Robert D. Eilers Professor of Health Care Management at the Wharton School, a professor of medicine at the Perelman School of Medicine, and executive ...