The Politics of Caring: Where Is the Funding? Several proposed bills merit your voice and attention.Erin McKeon
“Three out of five nursing homes (61%) have limited new admissions due to staffing shortages, according to a survey conducted by the American Health Care Association.” Unlike the private sector, government does not routinely report agency performance, but the vacancies are contributing to performa...
Social welfare through the centers only makes sense when the services of social workers reach wherever needed and especially in the places that society still sees as private — in homes, workplaces, nursing homes and in schools. Until this happens, these spaces will remain places where abuse and...
A young lady in Trenton High’s nursing program has prepared diligently for the test that will certify her as a nursing assistant and allow her to work in a hospital after graduation. The test is on a Saturday, and her father has agreed to drive her. The father fails to show up; a t...
Since seniors are less mobile and less likely to travel very far to visit a bookmobile, the members decide to use nursing homes, assisted living facilities, and adult day care centers as potential stops. These stops will serve at least the residents of the facility and hopefully attract ...
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What began in Colorado in 1994 as a pilot program at five sites, Memories in the Making (MIM) has grown to nearly 100 sites across the state. The MIM art groups meet in assisted-living communities, nursing homes and adult day programs throughout the state. The MIM groups are facilitated ...
Clients can use ittoo, to learn or improve their cooking skills. Homes with Hope CEO Helen McAlinden, in the new kitchen … An ADA-compliant bathroom means that people with disabilities can shower and take care of themselves too. An isolation room is available for clients who get sick. Wh...
NY mandated that nursing homes take COVID patients. NY also has been dealing with a massive budget shortfall driven by Medicaid expenditures. My brain still largely hooks to it being a pileup of stupid, but can’t completely dismiss the concept of solving one problem with another. ObsidianKnif...
And there was not a single thing that their campaign staffers could do to counter that plastic impression to everyone outside of committed true believers. Kamala seemed like a kind of life-sized Chatty-Kammy doll; pull the string in her back and out came a kind of scripted focus-grouped ...