New 'medication aides' could free up the state’s too-few nurses to do more resident care. The new position also would give nurse aides another career step ahead and, according to one nursing home leader, up to $6 more per hour.
Bills concerning speech-language pathologists’ licenses and visitation in health care facilities were heard in a recent meeting of the Michigan House Health Policy Committee.
Nursing home representatives and legislators are progressing legislation to rein in “adversarial and punitive” regulatory surveyor citations to limit the persistent challenges faced by staff from these numerous regulatory actions, said Richie Farran, VP of Government Services at the Health Care Association of Michigan.
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