Tag: nursing homes
Report: R.I. nursing homes 5th-highest rated in the nation
PROVIDENCE – The state's nursing homes are rated fifth best in the nation in a new report by Nice Rx Health.
The online prescription company...
Nursing homes to get $30M boost
Rhode Island’s nursing home industry has been ravaged during the COVID-19 pandemic, but some financial help appears to be on the way.
The state budget...
CODE RED: Amid closures, nursing homes fight for survival
At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in the spring of 2020, the staff at Cherry Hill Manor Nursing & Rehabilitation Center in Johnston...
Nursing homes in peril across R.I. need a financial lifeline
The worst of the deadly health effects of the COVID-19 pandemic may be behind us, but nursing homes across the state continue to be...
WalletHub: R.I. 9th best state in nation for nurses
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island was ranked the ninth best state in the nation for nurses, according to a WalletHub study released Tuesday.
WalletHub, a personal...
McKee issues executive order to aid staffing issues at R.I. nursing...
PROVIDENCE – Due to continued stresses caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, Gov. Daniel J. McKee issued an executive order on Friday that would provide...
State taking extra COVID safety measures at nursing homes and assisted...
PROVIDENCE – In an effort to keep residents, visitors and staffers safe, Gov. Daniel J. McKee and the R.I. Department of Health announced new...
Senior Agenda Coalition of R.I. hires Beaudreau as executive director
PROVIDENCE – The Senior Agenda Coalition of Rhode Island, an organization advocating on behalf of the state's senior population, has hired Bernard J. Beaudreau...
Senior care organizations signal alarm bell on staffing shortage
PROVIDENCE – Two senior care organizations say that the labor shortage hampering Rhode Island's long-term care facilities, made worse by the COVID-19 pandemic, has...
Should Gov. Daniel J. McKee allow some exemptions to a COVID-19...
The Rhode Island Partnership for Home Care is projecting hundreds of resignations from home care nurses, allied health professionals, social workers, physical therapists, occupational...
