Kansas Nurse Pleads Guilty to Over-Drugging Dementia Patient, Prosecutors Say
A 37-year-old Atchison nurse has pleaded guilty to intentionally giving a nursing-home patient the wrong medication in an apparent attempt to keep her sedated, Leavenworth County’s top prosecutor said Friday.
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New York Nursing Home Resident Dies in Fall from Third Floor Window
A resident of a nursing home in Syracuse, New York, died September 15 after falling from a third-floor window, after he’d forced his way through a “restrictive mechanism.”
Read More »Two-thirds of neurologists expect to start some patients on Aduhelm next year: survey
Two-thirds of neurologists surveyed early this month said that they expect to have some patients started on the new Alzheimer’s disease drug aducanumab (Aduhelm) by March 2022.
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At US nursing homes, aides were least likely workers to be vaccinated, a study shows.
Nursing home aides — the staff members who provide the most direct care to residents — were the least likely to be fully vaccinated against the coronavirus by mid-July, according…
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Whistleblower accuses Minnesota nursing home of violating COVID-19 health regulations
St. Therese of New Hope, the site of one of the deadliest COVID-19 outbreaks in the state last year, directed its staff to violate health regulations designed to prevent the…
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Florida leads nation in nursing home COVID-19 deaths among residents and staff, AARP says
Florida led the nation in COVID-19 deaths among residents and staff members of nursing homes during a four-week in July and August, according to AARP’s latest COVID-19 dashboard update released…
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28% of Arkansas Nursing Homes Report Increases in Fully Vaccinated Personnel
Twenty-eight percent of Arkansas nursing homes report that the percentages of their healthcare personnel who are fully vaccinated for COVID-19 increased between Aug. 22 and Aug. 29, according to data…
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‘Dangling by a thread’: Nursing home industry warns of staff exodus over vaccine mandates
A federal mandate requiring nursing home staff members to be vaccinated against COVID-19 could worsen an already severe worker shortage, an advocate for the industry warned Missouri lawmakers Tuesday.
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Two Injured in Fire at 257-Bed New York Hospital
Two people suffered minor injuries after a fire broke out at St. John’s Episcopal Hospital in New York City on Sept. 10, according to The New York Times.
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Expiring COVID-19 waivers could make Pa. healthcare staffing shortages worse
Regulatory waivers established last year to help hospitals and healthcare workers fight COVID-19 will expire this month, and those in the field are warning the lapse could exacerbate an ongoing…
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