Why you shouldn’t panic about nursing homes as they open
The sky’s the limit for what you can expect when nursing homes open in Ontario this fall.The province’s new rules allow the opening of nursing homes that have no previous history of mental health problems.There’s still the problem of funding for these institutions and, of course, a shortage of beds.But in a world of more […]
How to tell if a nursing home is in trouble from the inside out
There are plenty of ways to tell whether a nursing facility is in danger.But you’re not likely to know exactly where you are in the nursing home until it’s too late, says a new study from the University of Oxford.It’s called the “heat index” because of the fact that a heat wave can quickly raise […]
The cost of a day in a nursing home in the US
A nursing home costs $1,865 a day for a four-bed unit, according to a report from Concordia University, and that includes a day at the gate. The $1.3 million cost for the facility, which opened in June, is a far cry from the $9,854 a day the facility was billed at in 2014, according to the university’s […]