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THE 57-BED Elderwood at Riverside nursing home in East Providence closed in 2022, one of several homes that have shuttered since the COVID-19 pandemic began. / PBN FILE PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Nursing home law remains in limbo amid uncertainty about fixes

Economy 04/05/2024

A law enacted three years ago intended to ensure quality care at Rhode Island nursing homes has yet to be enforced, and no one...

BACKBONE: Shaun Cournoyer, administrator of nursing and long-term care facility The Friendly Home in Woonsocket, said certified nursing assistants are the “backbone” of the facility.  PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

HELPING HANDS: Online classes, grants speed training of desperately needed CNAs

Education 09/29/2023

Anyone who has spent even a little time in a nursing home or hospital has seen whose hands do the essential feeding, dressing, cleaning...

2 Rhode Island nursing homes file for receivership, citing ‘inability to...

Economy 06/28/2023

PROVIDENCE – Two Rhode Island nursing homes have filed for receivership, declaring their “inability to pay debts as they come due.” However, neither residents nor...

THE FORMER Elderwood nursing home in East Providence closed in May 2022, one of numerous nursing homes in Rhode Island to shutter under financial difficulties since the COVID-19 pandemic began in March 2020. PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Nursing homes not hopeful relief coming from state leaders

Economy 06/02/2023

With only a month left in the legislative session, state leaders appear no closer to solving the unprecedented crisis facing Rhode Island’s nursing homes. Bleeding...

Nursing homes need more state help

Editorial and Op-Ed 05/26/2023

As summer approaches, John E. Gage is again sounding the alarm about the precarious financial condition of nursing homes across the state. The timing...

ON DUTY: From left, Kathleen Gerber, executive director at Cherry Hill Manor Nursing & Rehabilitation in Johnston; Donna LaBonte, a certified nursing assistant; and Dorothy Bishop, a medical technician, check computer records at the nursing home. Cherry Hill and most other Rhode Island nursing homes are struggling through financial difficulties made worse by a severe labor shortage.  PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

CODE RED: Amid closures, nursing homes fight for survival

Cover Story 06/10/2022

At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in the spring of 2020, the staff at Cherry Hill Manor Nursing & Rehabilitation Center in Johnston...

RIHCA urges suspension of nursing home minimum staffing law

Health Services 05/22/2022

PROVIDENCE – According to the Rhode Island Health Care Association, nursing homes in the Ocean State are about to face millions in fines for...

ELDERWOOD AT RIVERSIDE, located at 100 Wampanoag Trail in East Providence, said it expects to end operations no later than May 31, 2022, and that the closure plans will impact 26 residents and 48 staff at the facility. / COURTESY ELDERWOOD

E.P. nursing home closing amid missing paychecks, safety violations

Economic Activity 05/02/2022

EAST PROVIDENCE – A 57-bed nursing home called Elderwood at Riverside says it’s closing down by the end of the month, after the R.I....

RAISE THE BAR ON RESIDENT CARE members call for wage increases and staffing improvements outside the Bannister Center for Rehabilitation and Health Care in Providence in 2019. / COURTESY RAISE  THE BAR ON RESIDENT CARE

Advocates for seniors: Wage boost needed for care workers as ‘age...

Government 11/19/2021

Rhode Island is facing an “age wave” that could overwhelm its long-term elder care system if wages are not increased to entice more workers...

FINANCIAL WOES: Jennifer Romagnolo, administrator at Village House Nursing & Rehabilitation Center in Newport, says she is concerned about the effects of a new minimum-staffing mandate state officials are drafting. / PBN PHOTO/TRACY JENKINS

Staffing mandate worries nursing home operators

Government 01/22/2021

Jennifer Romagnolo is used to paying her bills on time – both in her personal life and in her role as administrator for the...

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KRISTIN URBACH has left the North Kingstown Chamber of Commerce as its executive director to lead the Connecticut Wind Collaborative. /PBN FILE PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

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THE PROPERTY AT $61 Reservoir Road in North Smithfield was sold for a town-record $2.8 million. / COURTESY RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES LTD.

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THE R.I. DEPARTMENT of Transportation has installed massive new Rhode Island T.F. Green International Airport signs along Interstate 95 at the airport connector. / COURTESY R.I. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Massive Rhode Island T.F. Green signs installed along I-95

04/16/2024

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