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New nursing home regs expected in fall, but staff say they can’t wait much longer

BY: - March 26, 2021

After a year of the pandemic, on top of years of regulatory inaction, Pennsylvania’s nursing home employees are fed up with their hectic workplaces that barely give them time to feed and bathe patients — let alone offer them the emotional support they need after a year in isolation. “This issue has been going on […]

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Here’s how Wolf, lawmakers can help our nursing home heroes | Opinion

BY: - April 7, 2020

The state should put aside its past budgetary woes and implement a direct pass-through payment to our long-term care providers, workers and residents.