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across the state, including Cameron.
Kelly McClelland of Liberty says he has been meeting with
officials and workers at the various veterans’ homes, listening to their
concerns. He says the Cameron staff provided important input.
“I asked them, what’s the toughest thing going for you and
they indicated that recruiting nurses and CNAs (Certified Nursing Assistants) are
the crux, because we really can’t increase our patient level and patient load
at these facilities once we’re able to do that unless we have the care workers,”
McClelland tells the Missourinet in an interview.
McClelland acknowledges recruitment can be tough. He says
Jeff Vasilinda becomes the Vasilinda Family’s first published author!
April 21st, 2021 by Mike Vasilinda
The Florida House gave tentative approval for nursing homes to substitute a new class of employees known a Personal Care Attendants for some of the duties of Certified Nursing Assistants Wednesday.
AARP and others argue the homes want to get by on the cheap to fill required hours of care, but the homes have said without PCA’s, meeting requirements for care will be almost impossible.
Before COVID, nursing homes were already facing staffing shortages.
“We have a workforce crisis. We need to bring more people into our buildings,” said Kristen Knapp with the Florida Health Care Association.
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Leanne Montenegro, 21, covers her eyes as she doesn t like the sight of needles, while she receives the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine at a FEMA vaccination center at Miami Dade College, Monday, April 5, 2021, in Miami. Any adult in Florida is now eligible to receive the coronavirus vaccine. In addition, the state announced that teens ages 16 and 17 can also get the vaccine with parental permission. [ LYNNE SLADKY | AP ]
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Iâm tired of keeping silent and tiptoeing around people who embrace their willful ignorance likes itâs a virtue! This is to all the people who refuse to wear masks. This is for all the people who
Guest column: Quality of nursing home care needs to be stronger
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Thanks to COVID-19, this session of the Florida Legislature looks and sounds different. With social distancing, online testimony, and streaming committee meetings, the Florida Capitol seems quiet, compared to past sessions. And, as is true in so many horror movies, the quiet is foreboding. Just as nursing home residents were victimized by the invisible coronavirus during the lockdown of the last year, so they are being victimized by the heavy-hitting industry lobbyists for nursing homes and healthcare executives in the locked down Capitol.
Not only have lawmakers fast-tracked bills that give nursing homes immunity from COVID-19-related lawsuits (SB 72), now they’re fast-tracking cuts to the quality of care in Florida nursing homes. Letting these facilities off the hook by making it nearly impossible for residents and families to seek resolution through the court system is shameful. Piling on proposals that