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About 700 Pennsylvania nursing home workers have ended their seven-plus-day strike after reaching contract agreements with management. This impacts the more than 20 facilities run by two companies, Comprehensive Healthcare and Priority Healthcare.
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Administrators at two western Pennsylvania nursing homes face federal charges and potential prison time. The CEO and four managers of Brighton Rehabilitation and Wellness Center and Mt. Lebanon Rehabilitation and Wellness Center are accused of falsifying staffing documentation.
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Nursing home trade associations in Pennsylvania say they have agreed to boost staffing levels as part of a deal with Gov. Tom Wolf to increase aid to an industry struggling with high turnover.
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The governor and GOP lawmakers have signaled interest in providing more help to the nursing home industry, which is plagued by low wages, staffing shortages, and big demand.
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On today’s episode of The Confluence: the Pennsylvania Department of Health has proposed regulations that would require more inquiry into potential owners of nursing homes — Pam Walz, a supervising attorney with Community Legal Services of Philadelphia, explains why these regulations are needed; the Anti-Defamation League recently released data on the number of anti-Semitic incidents in the region, which are up compared to previous years; and how women in the workplace are often asked to do the “non-promotable tasks.”
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Nursing homes are having to raise salaries and step up recruiting to stay in business.
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Employees at a dozen Pennsylvania nursing homes have called off a strike that was planned for Tuesday. But another eight facilities say they’ll go forward with plans to not work in protest of what they describe as unsustainable conditions.
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The Justice Department says it has decided not to open an investigation into whether Pennsylvania violated federal law by ordering nursing homes to accept residents who had been treated for COVID-19 in a hospital.
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The state currently requires nursing homes to provide residents with 2.7 hours of direct care each day, despite a much higher federal recommendation.
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Pennsylvania's mask mandate ended earlier this week. Some long-term care facilities and nursing homes in the Pittsburgh region say they’ll continue to require residents, visitors, and staff to wear face masks to protect against COVID-19.