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Ohio nursing homes struggling with low staffing

Ohio nursing homes struggling with low staffing Peter Van Runkle, who runs the Ohio Health Care Association, says one way to solve the labor shortage in nursing homes is to pay more. Author: Kevin Landers Updated: 6:40 PM EDT July 6, 2021 COLUMBUS, Ohio Low staffing is among the top validated reasons why families complain about the state’s nursing homes. “The top complaints we get are really indicative of staffing such as symptoms unattended, cold food, slow response to calls for help,” says Beverley Laubert, Ohio Long-Term Care Ombudsman. The average starting salary for a state-tested nursing assistant is between $15 and $18 per hour, according to the Ohio Health Care Association which represents one thousand assisted living communities, home care and hospice service providers across the state.

How COVID pandemic stress is impacting older people

Physical and mental isolation go hand-in-hand. Author: Hollie Strano Updated: 6:31 AM EDT April 16, 2021 CLEVELAND The COVID-19 pandemic has been hard on everyone, but especially for some of our most vulnerable loved ones. While we are starting to see the light, the stress of this last year on our seniors will be felt for years to come. They have been isolated physically, and in many cases, mentally two separate parts of the body that really go hand-in-hand. “There’s this statistic out there that loneliness has the same health affects as smoking 15 cigarettes a day, says Beverley Laubert, the state of Ohio’s Long-Term Care Ombudsman. So people are thinking about the psycho-social toll on the isolation, but it really does have a physical toll as well.”

'No one is listening to us': Families want more time to see loved ones in nursing homes

No one is listening to us : Families want more time to see loved ones in nursing homes The state requires nursing homes to allow for compassionate visits, but families say the visits are not long enough. Author: Kevin Landers Updated: 6:31 PM EST February 26, 2021 Before the pandemic hit, Wendy Smith of Canton said she, her mom and sister would visit her father everyday in the nursing home. But that all changed when the state shut down nursing home visitations because COVID-19 was killing and infected many of the residents. Smith says until last week, when she was allowed a compassionate care visit, the last time she saw her 82-year-old dad was October.

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