What happens when nursing homes that are already severely understaffed are forced to lose even more staff? Americans are soon to find out, as the Trump administration continues to end the legal status of immigrants working in health care fields and deport them from the United States. Nursing facilities are known to rely heavily on
The Iowa Dispatch reported another drug diversion by a nursing home nurse. After 20 years of work at the Iowan nursing home, Friendship Haven, in July 2024, nurse Lacy Dencklau tested positive for methamphetamine. Seven months earlier in December 2023, the nursing home’s own Human Resources director reported that nurse Dencklau had “‘not been acting right.’”
A recent article from Skilled Nursing News highlights a growing trend in long-term care: the adoption of AI-powered monitoring systems. On paper, the benefits seem like a promising way to respond to worsening staffing shortages and increasing patient acuity. AI can offer predictive alerts, fall detection, streamlined documentation, even workload balancing. But as with all
McKnight’s had an article on Medicare’s 5 Star Rating. The level of quality care in nursing homes is in erratic and inconsistent, as more than a quarter of 5-star-rated facilities have slid and fallen to the lowest rating, while more than two-fifths have climbed from the bottom to the top, achieving the highest rating in
Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk of Northern Texas arbitrarily threw out the nursing home safe staffing mandate. He decided the mandate was inconsistent with Congress’s legislation governing nursing homes. CMS determined that the staffing requirements were needed while citing various forms of literature, data, interviews, and public comments. The DOJ emphasizes that the new requirement aligns with
Trump’s arbitrary deportation policies continue to target a “vital portion” of long-term care essential workers according to sources. The US Healthcare System employs more than 1 million immigrants, where 70,000 are documented and 38,000 are undocumented, a JAMA research letter says. Trump’s orders regarding deportations threaten the quality of care at long-term care facilities as
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