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Elderly, disabled Texans wanting to stay in their homes threatened by low home care pay

AUSTIN, Texas — For 40 hours a week, Angela Blankenship takes care of Rick Frame, who’s been paralyzed from the neck down since a 1999 motorcycle accident.

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Mental health care by video fills gaps in rural nursing homes

KNOXVILLE, Iowa ― Bette Helm was glad to have someone to talk with about her insomnia.

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End of COVID emergency will usher in changes across the US health system

The Biden administration’s decision to end the COVID-19 public health emergency in May will institute sweeping changes across the health care system that go far beyond many people having to pay more for COVID tests.

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Public guardian forcing man with dementia to live in nursing home against his will

When Dan started suffering from memory loss and anxiety, it kicked off a chain of events that left him living in a nursing home against his will with little say over his future.

ABC News

Cases of superbug fungus rose dramatically during the pandemic

Candida auris is a form of yeast that is not a danger to healthy people but can be deadly to fragile people staying in hospitals and nursing homes.

Chicago Sun-Times

LOCALIZE IT: Nursing home residents rely on small stipends

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The Independent UK

In nursing homes, impoverished live final days on pennies

A half-century-old bit of American bureaucracy is leaving hundreds of thousands of nursing home residents in an unthinkable bind: Living on as little as $30 a month

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End of an era as famous West Lothian nightclub pulled down

Club Earth - also knows as Zen and Melvilles - will make way for a new nursing home

Daily Record

‘We wouldn’t have sent Dad there’: CQC accused of failing to keep care homes safe

Bernard Chatting’s family relied on ‘good’ rating from CQC for Dorset care home and allege regulator’s delay in exposing risks led to his death

The Guardian - UK

Ohio woman admits to drowning grandmother because she couldn’t afford nursing home: ‘I feel like I put the dog down’

Heidi Michelle Matheny admitted to drowning 93-year-old Alice Matheny in a sink and bathtub

The Independent UK

California dangles bonuses for nursing homes that add staff

SACRAMENTO, California — California is revamping how it rewards nursing homes to get them to improve patient care.

Tribune News Service

Judge stands by dropping case against Florida nursing home boss in hurricane deaths

MIAMI — A judge doubled down on his decision to dismiss the case against the nursing home administrator who was accused of causing the deaths of 12 patients after Hurricane Irma left the facility without power for several days.

Miami Herald

Judge upholds acquittal in 9 hurricane nursing home deaths

A Florida judge has upheld his acquittal of a nursing home administrator who had been charged with the overheating deaths of nine patients after 2017’s Hurricane Irma knocked out the facility’s air conditioning

The Independent UK

Nurse suspended for failing to give pain medication to residents at nursing home

Susan Grant received the 12-month suspension order following a hearing with the Nursing and Midwifery Council

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The Independent UK

Nursing home chief acquitted in patients' hurricane deaths

A judge has acquitted a Florida nursing home administrator of causing the overheating deaths of nine patients after Hurricane Irma in 2017

Reason

More Immigration Leads to Better Nursing Home Care, Says New Paper

Immigrants have a proven ability to address a mounting need for the aging American population. Politicians crafting immigration policy ignore this at their own peril.

The Independent UK

Kate Middleton makes surprising admission about favourite food during chat with 109-year-old

The Princess of Wales also tried her hand at flipping pancakes, with little success

Evening Standard

‘Definitely don’t eat that one!’-Kate tries her hand at making pancakes

The Princess of Wales joked with onlookers her children may turn down pancakes this Shrove Tuesday after seeing her efforts

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The Independent UK

‘Definitely don’t eat that one’ – Kate tries her hand at making pancakes

The Princess of Wales joked with onlookers as she struggled to toss a pancake during a visit to Oxford House Nursing Home in Slough.

Daily Mirror

Kate Middleton forced to apologise after pancake challenge at care home goes very wrong

Kate Middleton has visited the Oxford House Nursing Home in Slough where she met residents and staff and also tried her hand at making pancakes for Shrove Tuesday

The Independent UK

Kate visits nursing home to discover how family-run business cares for elderly

She visited Oxford House Nursing Home in Slough.

Bangkok Post

Pruksa to spend B17bn on augmenting healthcare business

SET-listed developer Pruksa Holding Plc will invest 17 billion baht between 2023-2027 to expand its healthcare business, with three new Vimut hospitals and 14 wellness and nursing home centres in Greater Bangkok to boost revenue from recurring income.

Nottingham Post

Nottinghamshire neighbours see 'huge flames up to 40ft high' as fire takes hold at old nursing home

'You don't expect this on a Sunday morning'

The Independent UK

Health care vaccine mandate remains as some push for an end

A federal mandate for health care workers to get vaccinated against COVID-19 has been in place nationally for a year

Daily Mirror

Three reasons you could be declared officially dead despite actually STILL being alive

Just earlier this month, that horror became a reality for one 82-year-old pensioner who was pronounced dead at a nursing home before later being found alive by funeral home staff

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