At one for-profit nursing home, residents waited hours for help. “What if someone’s having an emergency?” a former resident asked. “They could die.” A nationwide struggle to hire and retain caregivers ...

High vacancies and turnover plague NC’s nursing industry. Cuts could further strain a workforce already stretched thin.

Opinion articles provide independent perspectives on key community issues, separate from our newsroom reporting. I’ve been an advocate for improved conditions for residents in long-term care ...

Less than half of nursing home residents in North Carolina are up-to-date with COVID-19 vaccines, according to the most recent AARP data from the end of October. An even smaller minority of nursing ...