COVID-era nursing home staff crunch hurting hospitals, too
Pennsylvania nursing homes say they are coping with dire staffing shortages that have forced many of them to stop accepting new residents.
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Pennsylvania nursing homes say they are coping with dire staffing shortages that have forced many of them to stop accepting new residents.
Pennsylvania nursing homes say they are coping with dire staffing shortages that have...
Sudok1/iStock(NEW YORK) -- As COVID-19 hospitalizations continue to climb in Pennsylvania, straining health care facilities across the state, hospitals are
Pennsylvania nursing homes say they are coping with dire staffing shortages that have forced many of them to stop accepting new residents, which in turn is preventing hospitals jammed with
Sudok1/iStock(NEW YORK) -- As COVID-19 hospitalizations continue to climb in Pennsylvania, straining health care facilities across the state, hospitals are working to find ways to free up valuable bed space once again. WellSpan Health, which operates six acute care facilities in south-central Pennsylvania, has been approaching 400 hospitalized COVID-19 patients in recent days -- a volume not seen in nearly a year. About one-third of current hospitalizations are for COVID-19, hospital officials said. As the number of COVID-19 patients quickly escalates, WellSpan's hospitals are operat...