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Lewiston nursing home workers, who held a one-day strike last month, have a new contract.
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Nursing homes argue they can't meet the safe staffing law's standards and have a pending lawsuit against the profit cap, while union leaders and resident advocates are concerned with how the laws will be enforced and still want even stricter laws.
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Advocates for the law -- which creates minimum staffing ratios and requires that nursing home residents get at least 3.5 hours per day of direct nursing care -- said they're relieved that the delay is over.
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Longer life spans mean women need more money for retirement than men, yet their increased caregiving responsibilities, coupled with the gender pay gap, make it difficult for them to save as much as men.
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The law would, among other things, require that nursing home residents get at least 3.5 hours of direct nursing care per day.
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1199 SEIU United Health Care Workers East, the union representing more than 150 workers at the Lewiston nursing home, said Tuesday that several employees received disciplinary notices for participating in its March 9 strike.
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New York State Attorney General Letitia James, whose report on nursing homes last year led to industry reforms, is now calling on Gov. Kathy Hochul to implement those same reforms.
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Elderly nutrition program turns 50: NYS Office for the Aging director talks past, present and futureWBFO’s Older Adults Reporter Tom Dinki spoke to New York State Office for the Aging Director Greg Olsen about the Nutrition Program for the Elderly’s long history, present amid the COVID-19 pandemic, and future funding.
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Officials at the Weinberg Campus on North Forest Road in Getzville have confirmed to Business First that a more than four-year effort to finalize its acquisition by the Elderwood network has concluded without a sale.
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The COVID-19 pandemic and a statewide shortage of health care workers has perhaps emboldened nursing home workers, who often receive low wages.