App NEWS
Willow Point Nursing Home closes another unit due to staffing shortages
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Staffing shortages at Broome County’s Willow Point Nursing Home have forced officials to declare a state of emergency.
1199 SEIU
As Union Contract Negotiations Stall, Staffing Levels At Ithaca Nursing Home Suffer
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Longtime nurse Lolita McComb came to work early to support her picketing coworkers. But when she clocks into her night shift at 3:00 PM, she said it is likely she will be the only nurse on a floor with 41 patients.
1199 SEIU
Healthcare Workers At Ithaca Nursing Home Rally Over Contract
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“Our very important caregivers, our essential caregivers, you called them heroes a year ago, and now you’re expecting them to take cuts to their vital benefits.”
App NEWS
New State Law Gives New York Nurses More Say In Staffing Decisions
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“Our nurses have not had any input on safe staffing levels – we certainly have had our opinions, but we have never really been asked to share those.”
App NEWS
NY Lawmakers Examine Challenges Faced by Nursing Homes
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“The key difference between a job at McDonald’s and a job at a nursing home should be a career, that you’re beginning a career. We believe we need to build that infrastructure.”
App NEWS
New York Lawmakers Mandate Minimum Staffing for Nursing Homes, Hospitals
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“Finally, we could have a strong law and tools we need to advocate for our patients.”
Government
New York Lawmakers Expected To Set New Staffing Requirements At Nursing Homes
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“The pandemic has laid bare the risks to vulnerable nursing home residents that are inherent in a low staffing business model.”
App NEWS
In Broome County, Homebound Patients Receive Vaccine Via Mobile Effort
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“They feel very vulnerable because they are homebound and obviously have health issues and they feel like they would be at high risk.”
23rd Congressional District
Rep. Reed Calls For DOJ Investigation Into NY Nursing Home Deaths
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“The sooner we get this investigation started, the sooner we can get justice and the sooner we can get information to make sure that this never happens again.”
App NEWS
Nursing Homes Relied On Lawns And Patios For Visits. What Will Happen This Winter?
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“There’s the excitement of seeing her, and then the 30 minutes goes faster than you could ever imagine, and then when they wheel her away, it’s very tough.”
App NEWS
Corning Center COVID-19 Deaths Not Reported To County
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“Certainly no fault that we’re placing on the facility at all,” Wheeler said. “It’s just more of a clearing up of those communication lines.”
App NEWS
Corning Nursing Home Announces Four Deaths
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County Manager Jack Wheeler and Steuben Public Health Director Darlene Smith announced an uptick in cases at the nursing home Tuesday afternoon.
Government
Bipartisan Coalition Pushes New Probe Into Nursing Home Deaths
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Republicans in the state Legislature are hoping that support from a handful of Democrats on a bill to establish an independent probe into the state’s handling of nursing homes during the COVID-19 crisis will garner momentum for the measure.
Government
Relatives Of Nursing Home Residents Speak Out At Hearing
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“I would have pulled my mom out of that facility. She would be alive today, actually, had we actually been informed.”
App NEWS
More Harm Than Good? Reporter’s Family Struggles With Nursing Home Visitation Rules
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Do the benefits of a ban on nursing home visits to protect residents from COVID-19 outweigh the risks of isolation?
Pennsylvania Health Secretary Defends ‘Universal’ Nursing Home Testing Plan
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Pennsylvania Secretary of Health Dr. Rachel Levine responded to critics who say there are holes in the state’s plan to test all residents and staff at nursing homes: “The plan is an evolution.”
Uncategorized
COVID Tests At Chemung Nursing Facility Come Back Negative
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The tests were conducted after an employee was found to have the virus on April 27.
In A Recount, COVID-19 Death Toll At New York Nursing Homes Grows
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State Attorney General Tish James is investigating reports from families who say the nursing homes kept them in the dark about the condition of their relatives who had COVID-19.
Uncategorized
Package Of Bills Aims To Make New York’s Nursing Home Owners More Accountable
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When the new legislative session begins in Albany in January, State Senator Robert Ortt will be submitting two bills – and putting his support behind an already forwarded piece of legislation – that supporters say will hold owners of nursing more homes accountable for compliance violations.
New Head Appointed For Broome County’s Public Nursing Home
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Consultants have recommended closing Willow Point Nursing Home in Vestal, New York, but now it’s close to having another permanent director. Broome County Executive Jason Garner appointed Ryan LaClair on Tuesday. LaClair was most recently at the Country Manor Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Carthage. In his time at that facility, he improved the quality to a five-star rating based on the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services Quality Measures. Willow Point has been without a permanent leader for four months now. The county-run nursing home had a budget in the red for years.