Carceral facilities are not designed to provide long-term skilled nursing facility-level care. With the United States’ population rapidly aging, one facet remains largely unseen: Incarcerated people ...
Immigrant workers are the backbone of daily care at nursing homes, and recent policy changes, including exorbitant visa fees, have created new barriers ...
Two recent deaths at Chicago-area nursing homes highlight a growing problem not just of poor care, nursing home advocates say, but of difficulty in holding those responsible accountable. In both cases ...
McKnight's Long-Term Care News: Researchers develop measure to compare Medicaid nursing home payment rates across states
Two regulatory rollbacks, along with a new A.I. experiment in Medicare, raise some worrisome questions. By Paula Span Month after month, Patricia Hunter and other members of the Nursing Home Reform ...
The Washington Post on MSN: Immigrants who care for seniors under threat in Trump court fight, nursing homes say
Immigrants who care for seniors under threat in Trump court fight, nursing homes say
Senators Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., and Ron Wyden, D-Ore., are expanding their probe into UnitedHealth Group’s nursing home programs after the company provided what they said is an insufficient ...
Nursing encompasses autonomous and collaborative care of individuals of all ages, families, groups and communities, sick or well and in all settings. It includes the promotion of health, the prevention of illness, and the care of ill, disabled and dying people. Nurses play a critical role in health care and are often the unsung heroes in health care facilities and emergency response. They are ...