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Honey, Sweetie, Dearie: The Perils of Elderspeak

Health Leaders | Nursing

With what are known as tag questions It's time for you to eat lunch now, right? In long-term care, however, families and residents may worry that correcting the way staff members speak could create antagonism. Sometimes, elderspeakers employ a louder volume, shorter sentences, or simple words intoned slowly.

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Nursing Home Industry Wants Trump to Rescind Staffing Mandate

Health Leaders | Nursing

"We're hoping the president-elect will come in and take a look at the science and data behind it and see this really is a modest reform," said Sam Brooks, the director for public policy for the National Consumer Voice for Quality Long-Term Care, a Washington, D.C.-based based nonprofit. We'd be devastated to see it fall."

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Dual Threats from Trump and GOP Imperil Nursing Homes and Their Foreign-Born Workers

Health Leaders | Nursing

More than 800,000 immigrants and naturalized citizens comprise 28% of direct care employees at home care agencies and long-term care companies. Donald Goodness is cared for by nurses and aides from various parts of Africa. This article was published on Thursday, June 26, 2025 in KFF Health News.

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DeSantis signs measure allowing CNAs to become qualified med aides at nursing homes

Health Leaders | Nursing

The aides could then administer “routine” medications to residents, freeing up registered nurses to provide other needed care. The aides could also perform tasks such as checking blood glucose levels.

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Nurse Anesthetist Wins ANA Innovation Honors With First-of-its-Kind Airway Tool

Health Leaders | Nursing

“Nurses advance health through their work as clinicians, scientists, entrepreneurs, researchers, product designers, policy leaders, in advanced practice, as community organizers, and by providing direct care across our country in hospitals, long term care, hospice, ambulatory settings, schools, and numerous public health settings,” Beaudet said.

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One-Fifth of Nurses Intend to Leave the Workforce by 2027

Health Leaders | Nursing

Licensed practical/vocational nurses, who generally work in long-term care settings caring for the most vulnerable populations, have seen their ranks decline by 33,811 since the beginning of the pandemic. These issues were most pronounced with nurses with 10 or fewer years of experience, driving an overall 3.3%

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Sanford Health's $3M Nursing Grant Will Help Rural Healthcare 'For Generations to Come'

Health Leaders | Nursing

It also will increase the quality of nurse orientation and the quantity of preceptors in all care settings by updating Sanford’s advanced preceptor curriculum, to include individualized tools, resources, and improved access for long-term care, acute care, and ambulatory nurses serving in rural areas, DeBoer says. “By