WASHINGTON (KTVZ) -- Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., issued a statement this week after the Biden administration finalized several rules aimed at improving health care for Americans in nursing homes, those receiving home and community-based services through Medicaid, as well as updates to Medicaid-managed care to strengthen health services covered by these plans:
Keisa Sharpe-Jefferson | For The Birmingham Times Given recent staffing shortages that have caused challenges in recruiting and retaining talented nurses, the Birmingham Black Nurses Association (BBNA), is doing what it can to advocate for quality health care and attract more to the profession. “The best way (for this profession to thrive) is for current […]
A surprise CQC inspection was undertaken by the health body
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Heather Pressdee, 41, faces two counts of first-degree murder, 17 counts of attempted murder, and 19 counts of neglect across five care facilities. She was charged with the murders of Irene Simons, 78, and Sandra Lincoln, 82, who died following unnecessarily doses of insulin last year. Their families filed separate wrongful death lawsuits against Sunnyview Operating LLC and Sunnyview Nursing and Rehabilitation Center last week
The Care Inspectorate (CI) report marked Care UK’s Cairdean House, on Redford Road, as ‘very good’ and ‘good’ in all categories. The home was awarded a ‘very good’ rating in supporting people’s wellbeing and leadership, and ‘good’ in the categories relating to team members, the setting, and planning care and support. Inspectors praised the team at Cairdean House for their warm, gentle and encouraging care. One family member said: “Carers are professional, respectful and caring”, and another...
A quarter of home-owning parents with adult children who are not homeowners feel guilty that they cannot provide more support, according to a survey.
AUBURN, Wash. – After a series of low-paying jobs, Nicole Slemp finally landed one she loved. She was a secretary for Washington’s child services department, a job that came with her own cubicle, and she had a knack for working with families in difficult situations. Slemp expected to return to work after having her son […]
There’s a new mobile dental-care program making the rounds in Toronto. Toronto Public Health has two vans with built-in dental clinics that are travelling around the city to provide care to seniors in 10 long-term care homes operated by the city. “Everything is on site, so it’s accessible, it’s timely and it’s free,” Dr. Karen Lee, a dentist with the mobile team, told CTV News Toronto Monday following an announcement about the program. The vans are equipped to handle patients using...
A former nurse who pleaded guilty to neglecting residents of a nursing home in Crystal Lake for working while intoxicated has been sentenced to probation. Angela S. Hutchison, 48, of McHenry, was charged in July with one count of criminal neglect of a facility resident, a Class 4 felony. She was later indicted on a […]
In the second episode of the new Channel 4 series, which aired on Wednesday, the presenter visited Darryl and Jo in South Devon after their passion project turned into an absolute nightmare.
The good news is that salsify is just about as easy to grow as dandelions are. It has grassy leaves, long taproots, and pretty flowers.