Pennsylvania’s nursing home sector faces a wave of closures as costs surge and staffing rules tighten, displacing residents and prompting new state funding and legal action.
Browsing: Local
Local highlights regional stories shaping skilled nursing and senior care across the country. From facility updates to community partnerships and workforce efforts, this section focuses on the people and places driving change at the local level.
Cincinnati is considering billing nursing homes for non-emergency lift-assist calls, citing 1,600 runs a year and $1 million in costs that fire officials say are straining response times.
With nursing home beds tight and staff in short supply, Wahpeton-area families increasingly turn to home health — even as looming Medicare cuts raise fresh concerns.
Lake Baldwin’s VA nursing home launched a resident-led activities program on Veterans Day to tackle isolation with storytelling, adaptive fitness and VR, backed by a $150,000 VA grant.
A 75-year-old CNA at Ferncliff Nursing Home was arrested after allegedly striking a resident, prompting a state investigation and renewed calls for stronger elder protections.
As the federal shutdown drags into a 39th day, Chattanooga-area seniors are losing home care and meal services, prompting emergency local aid and urgent calls for Congress to act.
Two Runwood Homes facilities in Leicestershire will shut by year’s end, forcing more than 80 residents to relocate as costs surge and staff shortages deepen a nationwide social care crunch.
Marin County approved a $500,000 scholarship program to train 50 nurses for home health care, aiming to ease shortages and help more residents age in place.
Regenstrief and the VA are building a data-driven learning health system to improve outcomes for older veterans, with pilots showing early gains and a national rollout planned by 2027.
Bailey Creek Health & Rehabilitation has broken ground on a 138-bed, modern skilled nursing facility in Texarkana that adds private rooms, expanded rehab space, and a dedicated dementia care unit.
