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Nursing HomesAssisted Living/Board & Care Home and Community Based ServicesSeptember 02, 2023
New Jersey State Ombudsman, Laurie Brewer, spoke to Planet Princeton on an abrupt nursing home closure in Princeton, New Jersey.
August 25, 2023
Hawaii State Ombudsman, John McDermott, was interviewed by the Honolulu Civil Beat on staffing shortages in long-term care facilities. Federal funding that helped bring travel nurses to Hawaii from the mainland is no longer available, said McDermott. He also said that the problem is worse on smaller islands that have fewer resources.
August 09, 2023
President Biden last year announced a slate of nursing home reforms and vowed staffing minimums would be among them. The new rules are still under review and could be released any day. Advocates have been calling for such a requirement for more than two decades, arguing that residents are safer and have better care with more staff, but the industry has successfully resisted.