For Eileen, who is disabled and reliant on a wheelchair to get around, life in a nursing home isn't easy. Particularly when it comes to the other residents: “There’s this guy," she says. "He made ...
At least 5,000 New Yorkers have died from the coronavirus inside nursing homes, making up around a quarter of all COVID-19 deaths in the state. “We’re going to undertake an investigation of nursing ...
Editor’s note: The Dayton Ombudsman Office provides weekly columns to the Dayton Daily News to bring awareness to issues it sees in the community. The Ombudsman’s office recently received a phone call ...
Preoperative evaluation of older cancer patients: Why some patients did not proceed with planned surgery. This is an ASCO Meeting Abstract from the 2017 Palliative and Supportive Care in Oncology ...
A wrenching conflict is emerging as the COVID-19 virus storms through U.S. communities: Some patients are falling into a no man's land between hospitals and nursing homes. Hospitals need to clear out ...
10,000 nurses working on the blurry line between doctors and nurses, sparking legality debate. Work-to-rule protest brings the issue to the forefront; Health Ministry to form consultative body.