Real estate investment trusts are landlords for thousands of nursing homes, assisted living facilities, and hospitals. Some select the managers and keep close watch but deny blame for bad care.
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Explosion at a Pennsylvania nursing home kills at least 2, governor says
The explosion collapsed a part of the building and happened just as a utility crew had been on site looking for a gas leak at Bristol Health & Rehab Center in Bristol Township, just outside Philadelphia.
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Violent dementia patients leave nursing home staff and residents ‘scared to death’
Verbal, physical, and sexual aggression among dementia patients in long-term care facilities are alarmingly common. “There is a real problem with endemic violence,” one researcher says.
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Fifty years later, local Portuguese communities celebrate end of authoritarian Estado Novo regime
Fifty years ago, the authoritarian Estado Novo regime was overthrown in Portugal by a military coup. Known today as the Carnation Revolution, it’s a day that’s celebrated around the world – including by the large Portuguese-American community here in Rhode Island and southeastern Massachusetts. Also, Rhode Island nursing homes are facing understaffing, patient injuries, and preventable deaths, and the issues are only getting worse. Plus, we bring you a special performance from local singer Gian Carlo Buscaglia, who made a name for himself singing romantic ballads and songs of social justice in the streets of Harvard Square.
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What will it take to fix the growing labor crisis in Rhode Island nursing homes?
Rhode Island nursing homes are struggling. Staffing shortages, employee burnout, and serious financial challenges have been problems since before the pandemic – but all have gotten significantly worse in recent years, leading to an uptick in things like neglect and preventable deaths. Morning Edition Host Luis Hernandez spoke about the issues with Elizabeth White, Assistant […]
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Workers at Providence nursing home return to their jobs after three-day strike.
The union representing about 100 nursing assistants, maintenance workers and other staff at Bannister Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing in Providence began a three-day strike on Friday over demands for mandatory minimum staffing levels and pay increases.
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She ran the nursing home. Then she ran out of staff to care for the residents.
The Eastgate Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in East Providence was so short-handed that its top administrator, Anna Zambrano, 41, and five of other support staff took turns feeding, bathing and providing other care for residents. One of the residents was Zambrano’s father.
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Not just numbers: Cutting through the noise about R.I. nursing homes
The pandemic has intensified chronic staffing shortages at Rhode Island nursing homes, which are bracing for more coronavirus outbreaks this fall.
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Nursing home workers suspend strike plans after Gov. Raimondo pledges support
Workers at five Rhode Island nursing homes suspend plans to strike next week after the governor promises to work to resolve staffing issues.
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Bill to mandate minimum staffing levels in nursing homes heads to the Senate floor
The bill introduced by Senator Maryellen Goodwin would require all state licensed nursing homes to provide each resident with 4.10 hours of direct nursing care per day.
