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No secrets at 102, Bertha Shipton just doing what she does best

Sometimes the secret to a long life is just doing what you do best. For Bertha Shipton, that s simply playing the piano for whoever wants to hear. ....

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'Unprecedented' provider-union blitz fights Medicaid cuts

Providers and unusual partners took their fight against $1 billion in proposed Medicaid cuts to new heights Friday at 7 New York locations. ....

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Nursing homes say safe staffing bill will hurt them. Resident advocates say it didn't go far enough

Nursing homes say safe staffing bill will hurt them. Resident advocates say it didn't go far enough
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Nursing homes say safe staffing bill will hurt them. Resident advocates say it didn't go far enough

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. ....

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'The light at the end of the tunnel': NY nursing homes begin receiving COVID-19 vaccine

WBFO s Tom Dinki reports.
At least 21 residents of the Elderwood nursing home in Williamsville have tested positive for COVID-19 during the last six months, according to data from the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid.
Resident Eileen Folkerth is not one of them.

But, like all residents, she can’t participate in activities outside her room, due to safety protocols.
“All you have is TV,” she said.

Folkerth may get back to a more engaging routine and what she called a “more pleasant life,” with the help of a COVID-19 vaccination. She could receive it as soon as this week. ....

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