Coverage of aging is supported in part by AARP ArizonaThe Biden administration has finalized the first ever minimum staffing requirements for nursing homes that receive Medicare and Medicaid funding that includes 143 facilities in Arizona. Facilities will soon have to provide almost 3-and-a-half hours of nursing care per resident, per day.
Coverage of aging is supported in part by AARP ArizonaShantelle Harker is a registered nurse and clinical educator at Tempe Post Acute, a skilled nursing facility in Tempe, Arizona. “So when we’re done with this, we’re going to do handwashing today. Anyone watch the handwashing video from last night?” she asks her class.
A bill making its way through the Arizona Legislature could allow doctors who are trained in other countries to practice medicine here in the state.David Voepel is with the Arizona Healthcare Association, which represents skilled nursing facilities."We know there are a lot of countries out there that have better programming and better education than we do in some cases,"