Good care is not a personality trait. It is a structure. The five conditions that produce good nursing home care, and the questions families should ask.
#NursingHomeAbuse #PatientAdvocacy #ElderCare #StructuralChange #ElderRights #WEAAD2026 #NursingHomeNeglect #NursingHome

https://nathaliefrias.net/2026/06/06/what-good-nursing-home-care-looks-like/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

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Silent Voices Elder Advocacy
Musquodoboit Harbour chamber of commerce concerned about fate of former high school
The chamber wanted to see the empty Eastern Shore District High School turned into a community hub, but a local senior's home has submitted a proposal to tear it down and build a new facility on the site.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/eastern-shore-district-high-school-nursing-home-chamber-of-commerce-9.7214846?cmp=rss
Saint John man in court on 14 charges of sexual assault against seniors
Kevin McGrath, 69, is accused of sexually assaulting residents of a Loch Lomond Villa nursing home between Dec. 26 and Jan. 19.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/saint-john-man-sexual-assault-seniors-9.7212648?cmp=rss
Without #TermLimits
This is #Literally what we get.
#Congress is a really a #NursingHome
Really expensive one.

Insight - make yourself at home!

The St. Raphael nursing home in Bad Fredeburg - left to fend for itself since June 2006... too old to be a retirement home.

June 2025 (@chris)

In Germany, investors are pampered more than the elderly.

#Fredeburg #BadFredeburg #Schmallenberg #StRaphael #LostPlace #AbandonedPlace #Healthcare #NursingHome #SeniorResidence #Ruins #Seniors #Elderly #Altenheim #Seniorenheim #Ruine #Pflege #PflegeSystem #Senioren #Deutschland #Sauerland #HochSauerland #DoorsDay

was hard to read without magnification. It tasted too good... but by the time I realized the mistake it was too late. Blood sugars spiked. #NursingHome

Twin Cities nursing home workers on strike at 5 locations

St. Paul, MN – At 7 a.m., April 20, over 300 nursing home workers from five nursing homes walked off the job and began a three-day strike. The striking workers are represented by SEIU Healthcare Minnesota and Iowa and have been in negotiations for their next union contracts.

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https://fightbacknews.org/articles/twin-cities-nursing-home-workers-on-strike-at-5-locations

Inside Horizon’s plans for nursing home-inspired hospital units
Nursing home-style space in hospitals will be necessary until there are more beds in the long-term care system, according to the health authority.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/horizon-nursing-home-unit-9.7149005?cmp=rss

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Pneumonia AND sepsis!!

In midst of sending out last update (ĺink below), air got bad here in Albuquerque NM from huge fire. Came down with #pneumonia + #sepsis. In hospital now. 😞

Struck with extra medical bills, need help to cover ~$2,000. Thanks for nothing to the stinkin' Rs. Whatever you can toss in the pot, greatly appreciated. Links to contribute here.

https://mailchi.mp/ce406741f763/thecareandfeedingofyou

#HealthCare #BrainTumor #Paralysis #Recovery #NursingHome #LongTermCare