It s bad : Washington long-term care facilities face staffing shortage crisis
Some long-term care employees are even leaving for fast-food jobs that offer $18 an hour starting pay, Washington Healthcare Association CEO Robin Dale said. Author: Eric Wilkinson Updated: 8:38 PM PDT July 8, 2021
LYNNWOOD, Wash They care for those who can no longer care for themselves our parents, grandparents and the disabled. Now, long term care facilities are the ones in need of intensive care. It s bad, said Washington Health Care Association CEO Robin Dale. We ve never seen it this bad.
In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, more than 60% of long-term care facilities across the country reported their situations grew worse since 2020. More than 81% of facilities are short-staffed, and more than 75% need to give their workers better pay and benefits.
It s bad : Washington long-term care facilities face staffing shortage crisis
Some long-term care employees are even leaving for fast-food jobs that offer $18 an hour starting pay, Washington Healthcare Association CEO Robin Dale said. Author: Eric Wilkinson Updated: 8:38 PM PDT July 8, 2021
LYNNWOOD, Wash They care for those who can no longer care for themselves our parents, grandparents and the disabled. Now, long term care facilities are the ones in need of intensive care. It s bad, said Washington Health Care Association CEO Robin Dale. We ve never seen it this bad.
In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, more than 60% of long-term care facilities across the country reported their situations grew worse since 2020. More than 81% of facilities are short-staffed, and more than 75% need to give their workers better pay and benefits.
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It took a few tries to make it happen, but Sen. Mark Warner visited one of the wonders of the Western world late last week: the National Audio-Visual Conservation Center of the Library of Congressâaka, its Packard Campus in Culpeper County.
Virginiaâs senior U.S. senator toured the 415,000-square-foot complex, guardian of countless American cultural treasures, for nearly an hour.
Just minutes into his whirlwind tour, Warner responded with a big âwow!â when told that philanthropist David Woodley Packardâs donation of the custom-built facility stands as historyâs second-biggest private gift to the federal government, after the Smithsonian Institution. (It is also the largest-ever private gift to the U.S. legislative branch.)
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