NURSING HOMES
STAFF BLOG CAPITOL CHATTER Nursing homes say they need more money than bill includes
By Danielle Killey Jon Riewer said his organization faces funding shortages, losing employees and struggling to provide care to the elderly and disabled. At this point I would classify our situation a...
Posted on 4/22/13 at 12:50 PM
Minnesota lawmakers want to boost nursing home funding 
A bipartisan group of Minnesota lawmakers who want to increase state funding to nursing homes say failing to do so means more long-term care facilities will close.
By Associated Press , February 26, 2013
Wage wars take toll on nursing homes
Nursing homes in western North Dakota are struggling to maintain staffing in the face of a bidding war for workers that is rippling from the booming Oil Patch.
By Patrick Springer , January 26, 2013
North Dakota nursing homes have few problems
Inspections of North Dakota nursing homes resulted in the lowest number of serious deficiencies in a review of reports for all 50 states.
By Patrick Springer , January 14, 2013
ND, SD rank 1-2 in independent nursing home study
A study by an independent news organization shows that North Dakota and South Dakota have the lowest number of serious deficiencies in its nursing homes.
By Associated Press , January 13, 2013
ANN BAILEY: Admiration grows for nursing home
Three years ago this December, my mom, Marcia, moved from the farm near Larimore, N.D., where she had lived for 60 years, into an assisted living apartment at the Good Samaritan Society in Larimore.
By Ann Bailey , September 23, 2012
Big gaps found in nursing homes' disaster plans
Nearly seven years after Hurricane Katrina's devastation of New Orleans exposed the vulnerability of nursing homes, serious shortcomings persist. The recently released report recommends that Medicare and Medicaid add specific emergency planning and training steps to the existing federal requirement that nursing homes have a disaster plan. Many such steps are now in nonbinding federal guidelines that investigators found were disregarded.
By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar , April 16, 2012
State report: Woman in St. Paul nursing home repeated sex assault victim
A St. Paul nursing home staff member sexually assaulted a resident over several months nearly every time he provided care for her, according to results of a state report released today.
By Paul Walsh , March 20, 2012
Oregon nursing aide jailed after disturbing Facebook posts from nursing home
A jury convicted Nai Mai Chao, 26, of invasion of personal privacy late last month. She was released from prison on Friday.
By Associated Press , March 08, 2012
Minnesota nursing home resident subdued with Taser gun
Stillwater police say they used a stun gun on an elderly nursing home resident with dementia after he stabbed an employee with a pen. Police Chief John Gannaway said the 79-year-old male resident was out of control, threatening to kill everyone and stabbed an employee with a pen.
By Associated Press , February 23, 2012
LLOYD OMDAHL: Rest home of future could be work farm
“Yes, folks, we are going to have a great time here at Lovingkindness Rest Home Incorporated. Now let’s get to work.”
By Lloyd Omdahl , January 02, 2012
Nursing home residents in flooded Minot to go home soon
The residents of Trinity Homes were moved to more than two dozen facilities around North Dakota on May 31, including in Grand Forks, when it became apparent that much of the city would be flooded by the Souris River.
By Associated Press , July 21, 2011
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