Pandemic Nurse Shortage: Kentucky Governor Declares an Emergency
Kentucky’s governor declared the state’s chronic nursing shortage to be an emergency Thursday, taking executive actions amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic to boost enrollment in nurse-training programs.
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Virginia Lawmakers Endorse Staffing Requirements for Nursing Homes
In a major shift, a Virginia legislative commission is recommending minimum staffing requirements for nursing homes, part of a push to improve the quality of care across the industry.
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Adult Portable Bed Rails Have Been Recalled after Two People Died
Drive DeVilbiss Healthcare and the US Consumer Product Safety Commission are recalling nearly half a million adult portable bed rails after the reports of two deaths, one in 2011 and…
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Gas Leak Forces Residents from Florida Nursing Home
Traffic along Cypress Gardens Boulevard was blocked and a nursing home had to be evacuated after a gas leak in Winter Haven Monday morning.
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From Maggots to Sex Abuse, Nursing Homes Sue California to Overturn Citations, Fines
At a nursing home in Los Angeles last year, a nurse’s aide was giving a resident a bed bath when she noticed something moving around his feeding tube.
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New HHS Study Shows 63-Fold Increase in Medicare Telehealth Utilization during the Pandemic
A new report from the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) found that massive increases in the use of telehealth helped maintain some healthcare access during the COVID-19…
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Justice Department Anti-Trafficking Efforts Highlighted in 2021 National Action Plan to Combat Human Trafficking
Today the White House released the 2021 National Action Plan to Combat Human Trafficking, which lays out a broad-based, multi-disciplinary, whole-of-government approach to addressing this crime and its harmful impacts…
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Family of Wisconsin Man Sues Hospital over Legionnaires’ Outbreak in 2018
The family of a Sun Prairie man who died after being treated at UW Hospital in late 2018 is suing the hospital, saying he contracted Legionnaires’ disease during the hospital’s…
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Reducing Prolonged Antibiotic Use among Nursing Home Residents
According to a recent study, peer comparison audits and feedbacks are a pragmatic intervention that can help reduce the use of antibiotics for longer durations among residents in long-term care…
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Hospitals and Nursing Homes Frustrated by Ambulance Staffing Shortage
The Massachusetts Ambulance Association estimates the number of staffed vehicles has declined by more than a third since 2015, with the decline accelerating during the pandemic.
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