Tag: nursing homes
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...
Healthcentric Advisors to lead virtual COVID-19 learning collaborative for nursing homes
PROVIDENCE – Healthcentric Advisors, a Providence-based company specializing in health care improvement through data analysis and education, has been awarded a $600,000 federal contract...
Nursing home staffing bill passes R.I. Senate
PROVIDENCE – Legislation requiring a set number of hours of daily care for nursing home residents and a pay raise for certified nursing assistants...
Nursing homes to allow essential caregivers to take care of residents
PROVIDENCE – Gov. Gina M. Raimondo announced Friday that the R.I. Department of Health gave the green light to nursing homes to allow essential...
Brown researchers to track COVID-19 vaccine effects on elderly
As federal authorities begin the distribution of COVID-19 vaccine nationwide, local public health leaders are developing ways to track potential side effects.
Brown University’s School...
Nursing homes struggle to fill staffing positions
While attending a nursing home industry event more than a year ago, Jamie Sanford came to a startling realization: Sanford, 37, was the youngest...
Residents, staff at nearly 200 R.I. long-term care facilities to get...
PROVIDENCE – Residents and staff members at nursing homes will be among the first people in Rhode Island to receive the coronavirus vaccine.
The state...
Survival mode: Nursing homes under growing pressure as COVID-19 cases climb...
Tonya Landry was able to keep COVID-19 out of her nursing home in the spring. She hasn’t been as lucky this fall.
Landry is the...
R.I. nursing homes need help in daily fight for survival
COVID-19’s economic effects will last well beyond the widespread availability of vaccines for many Rhode Island businesses, with nursing homes at the top of...
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