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Randy Gerlach is president and CEO of Schofield Care, which operates a 120-bed nursing home in Kenmore. The Schofield Residence is rated four stars by the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, meaning it’s considered above average. Yet it doesn’t quite meet the new safe staffing bill’s mandate of 3.5 care hours per resident per day.
“Are they working smarter, not harder? And if they are, why are we going to penalize them, to add cost when they re already doing a very good job?” Gerlach said.
Like nursing home operators, advocates for nursing home residents also worry the bill won’t actually improve care, but for much different reasons. They say 3.5 hours isn’t enough. ....
Left on her own in notorious Syracuse nursing home, elderly woman dies horrible death Updated May 10, 2021; Facebook Share She needed assistance getting to and from the bathroom, but nursing staff did not help her. Jarvis was found dead Dec. 13 after she fell and accidentally hanged herself when part of her hospital gown got caught on a bathroom door handle, according to the Onondaga County Sheriff’s Office. The state health department cited Van Duyn for its handling of her care. Van Duyn’s nurse aides did not escort Jarvis even though her written care plan said she was at high risk of falling and required help, according to a state health department inspection report obtained by Syracuse.com | The Post-Standard. ....
More horrors revealed at one of NY’s worst nursing homes. Is it time to shut it down? Updated Mar 12, 2021; Posted Mar 11, 2021 The late Donald Moe Hunt in his room at Pontiac Nursing Home. His family claims in a lawsuit the nursing home s negligence led to his death.Provided photo Facebook Share Oswego, N.Y. – Larry Silverman, a Cicero dentist whose career was cut short by a stroke, spent some of his final days on earth being mocked and abused by employees of Pontiac Nursing Home. A nurse aide had a coworker take a cellphone photo of her lying in bed with Silverman with her arm around his waist. Another employee ordered Silverman, who suffered from severe dementia, to swear while making a video of him. ....
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Green House homes called 'promising model' for nursing home reinvention. But are they replicable? whec.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from whec.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.