Nursing

Above: Susan Gwynne’s sentencing hearing in 2016 COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – The 65-year prison sentence of a former Columbus woman who stole more than 3,000 items from nursing home residents must be reconsidered, the Ohio Supreme…

Lawmakers in the Ohio House attached an amendment to a bill that would send $615 million to skilled nursing facilities to assist with staffing shortages and keep establishments open. The amendment was attached to Senate Bill (SB) 110…

Although few of us visit our friends and family in nursing homes enough, we cannot visit nursing home residents around-the-clock, 24 hours a day, as we could if the resident were living at home.Starting late last month, residents in…

TOLEDO, Ohio (WTVG) - Esther’s Law went into effect back on March 23rd, which allows people to put video cameras in residents’ rooms at nursing homes. The law has been well received by most nursing homes and their residents, but some…

Phil Re works as a registered nurse at the Wexner Medical Center at Ohio State, and as campus’s own Spider-Man.Credit: Courtesy of Wendy Pramik Phil Re has a passion for helping others and being a source of joy, which he channels…

Often, people’s most valuable asset is their home. Many people mark the day that they pay off their home mortgage with a celebration similar to that of an anniversary or birthday. Therefore, protecting the home in the event of…

A law allowing cameras and other electronic monitoring devices to be installed by residents or their families or guardians inside a resident's room at Ohio nursing homes went into effect Wednesday.It's called Esther's Law and it's…

<!-- SHOW ARTICLE --> Although the information posted on the Ohio Department of Health website for COVID-19 cases among the state’s nursing homes and assisted-living facilities indicates it was…

March 15 is the federal government's final deadline for all Ohio nursing home staff to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19. And Ohio is doing just fine, said the head of the state's largest long-term care association."They're in pretty…

<!-- SHOW ARTICLE --> YOUNGSTOWN — The number of current cases of COVID-19 apparently remains low in nursing homes and assisted-living facilities in the Mahoning Valley, but the Ohio Department of…