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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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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They shouldn't have a freakin' lobbying group. It's an industry that pays crap. Have an advocacy group for staff. Healthcare professionals need help now, paycuts are happening all over which no one is talking about. People quit because the job sucks & is no longer worth it.
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