Even before the pandemic revealed how poorly run many nursing homes are, thin staffing was rampant. Now, things are even worse.http://apne.ws/2NJ7dHP
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The problem has grown so much that when the biggest industry lobbying group asked its members about staffing shortages last month, 99% of nursing homes said they were experiencing one.http://apne.ws/WjSum6a
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Families of nursing home residents say their loved ones are being left without help at mealtime and fewer showers. In the worst cases, when a resident chokes or falls, it may be too late before one of the few caregivers on hand discovers the problem.http://apne.ws/UpmHd3e
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Tamika Dalton couldn't visit her 74-year-old mother at a nursing home in North Carolina during the pandemic, so she watched through a window. She saw her mother sometimes sitting for hours in a soiled diaper, her toenails growing long and her hair matted.http://apne.ws/KMGMxaR
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As conditions continued to deteriorate, Theresa Dalton, a retired minister, contracted COVID-19 and died Feb. 12. By June, the facility’s staffing was down 15% from the start of 2020, and 25% from the start of 2019.http://apne.ws/W0ptmAF
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Maybe it's time to revise the whole nursing home model.
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