Community and hospice nurse shortages have been highlighted in the first report from a major review of palliative and end-of-life care in England. The Commission on Palliative Care and End-of-Life Care also raised concern about the “failure” of nursing schools and employers to train all nurses in palliative care. “It’s no surprise, but it is also deeply worrying” Crystal Oldman The commission was set up with the support of the health and social care secretary in the wake of the assisted dying bills in England, Wales and Scotland. The assisted dying debate has brought recognition of the current gaps in…
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Although two interim deals were reached at the final hour, around 1,000 workers from five for-profit nursing homes in western New York are currently on strike. 1199 According to the SEIU, workers are protesting unfair labor practices in the seven-day strike. These facilities are absolute care for the Elderwood locations in Gasport, Garden Gate, Northgate Manor, Rockport and Williamsville. Later Monday, Williamsville's comprehensive rehabilitation and nursing center and Scofield residences reached terms on a three-year interim agreement. Workers at these facilities will have the opportunity to review and vote in the coming days. McGuire Group, which owns the facility's fierce…
Paula Weston, Jordan Burrows Click here for the latest updates on this story DETROIT (WWJ) – Workers at five Ciena Healthcare Nursing Home facilities in Metro Detroit are taking part in a one-day strike on Tuesday. The strike begins at 6am and will include more than 300 nursing home workers at the next site. – Boulevard Temple Care Center on West Grand Boulevard, Detroit. – Notting Hill, West Bloomfield, on Drake Road, West Bloomfield Township. – Qualicare nursing home on East Grand Boulevard, Detroit. – Regency of the chain on the East Burner Highway in Detroit. – Regency at St.…
Detroit (WXYZ) – Five workers at the Ciena Healthcare Nursing Home facility are holding a one-day strike today (Tuesday, May 20th) and are seeking better pay and profits from their employers.This comes after Ciena, represented by SEIU Health Care Michigan, is negotiating a new contract and workers' representatives say they “hope to reach an agreement with the frontline caregiver to respect Ciena's ongoing malicious negotiations.” Video of workers continuing to strike from Chopper 7 from our morning show “We deserve to be treated with respect”: More than 300 workers are under attack at nursing homes in the Detroit area More…
Hundreds of nursing home workers attack in the Detroit area Hundreds of nursing home workers attack in the Detroit area 02:12 Workers at five Ciena Healthcare Nursing Home facilities in Metro Detroit took part in a one-day strike on Tuesday. The strike begins at 6am and will include more than 300 nursing home workers at the next site. Boulevard Temple Care Center is located on West Grand Boulevard in Detroit. Notting Hill, West Bloomfield, on Drake Road, West Bloomfield Township. Qualicare nursing home on East Grand Boulevard, Detroit. Regency, a chain on the East Burner Highway in Detroit. Regency at…
Nurses choosing to opt out of taking part in assisted dying will not suffer any detriment for doing so, under a change approved by MPs last week. The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill, which would legalise assisted dying in England and Wales for terminally ill adults under certain circumstances, is currently being considered by parliament. “If people do not want to be involved, they should not have to be involved, and those who do, should” Kim Leadbeater The legislation passed its first stage in the House of Commons last November and is now at the report stage, where…
Some state legislatures are looking closely at the sustainability of long-term care, looking at the rapidly aging population and increasing the need for such services over the next few years. In Pennsylvania, the state discussed the 2025-26 budget and testified about the refund during legislative hearing this spring. Pennsylvania's budget adjustment factor (BAF) represents a major setback to sustainability, as it widens the gap between cost of care and operator payments. According to Brent Willett, president and CEO of the Iowa Health Care Association, Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds is expected to seek full retransport of Medicaid that is very closely…
Dozens of nursing homes were part of the troubled Mission Point healthcare chain that crossed healthcare last month. Split leaves most of the company's lowest performance homes in mission points names. But two new intersecting health facilities in Hancock and Grand Building are candidates for the federal government's special focus facility programme targeting the worst facilities in the country. The home, now known as Hancock's Cross Healthcare, was fined $180,000 by the federal government after the Covid-19 outbreak hit 40 of the 45 residents of the home last summer, killing one. The Grandville facility was cited last year for neglecting…
Buffalo, N.Y. (WBEN) – Workers at 11 local nursing homes, represented by 1199SEIU, hope that a new labor contract will be agreed tentatively before the strike begins Tuesday morning. Shameka Burnette-Matthews, 1199SEIU's management organizer, said negotiations with nursing home facilities will continue Monday in the hopes of avoiding a strike. “Our members are willing to attack the quality profits they deserve, but once again they want to be inside, take care of the residents and sign a temporary contract before tomorrow morning,” said Burnette-Matthews, who appeared on Wben. A small number of Western New York nursing homes have managed to…
David A. Stras Jr., the hall home to the College of Nursing, received the “redefined urbanism” honor at the Mayor's Design Award in 2025. The annual award honors the Milwaukee site, which respects city fabrics and adds value to its neighbourhood by restoring, building or enhancing property in a way that contributes to the character of its surroundings. The awards were announced on Friday, May 16th. The College of Nursing officially welcomed David A. Stras Jr., Hall and David A. Stras Jr. at the beginning of the fall semester. The building undergoes radical transformation after working as the home of…