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TURLOCK, Calif. — California, like much of the nation, is not producing enough nurses working at bedsides to meet the needs of an aging and diverse population, fueling a workforce crunch that risks endangering quality patient care. Nearly 60% of California counties, stretching between the borders with Mexico and Oregon, face a nursing shortage, according

Sept. 10, 2020, 5:00 a.m. ETWEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — In late May, Jean-Junior Vertu and Marie Julceus, two employees at a long-term care facility near West Palm Beach, Fla., took a routine test for the coronavirus and then went about their workday. They felt fine. Mr. Vertu, a dietary aide, pureed food for the…

LOWER BURRELL, Pa. — A Westmoreland County nursing home has seen a surge in COVID-19 cases-- going from nearly zero to two dozen in one week. The spike at Belair Heathcare and Rehab in Lower Burrell has the families of some residents very concerned. “All of a sudden, you bring all of these patients!” Heather…

91-year-old mother, who died from COVID-19 in April.So it really stings when she leaves her Lopatcong Township home and passes by a sign outside her mother’s former nursing home declaring: “We beat COVID.”Her teenage kids ride past it on their bikes. Her family simply can’t escape it.The sign drives home that Nora Giordano is no…

Kelly Womochil, an aide at Enterprise Estates Nursing Center in Enterprise, Kan., tries on a poncho that the Federal Emergency Management Agency is sending to nursing homes to protect against the coronavirus. Pamela Black hide caption toggle caption Pamela Black Kelly Womochil, an aide at Enterprise Estates Nursing Center in Enterprise, Kan., tries on a…