Women in health care are at a breaking point — and they’re leaving

Women in health care are at a breaking point — and they’re leaving Julie Conboy Russo had been a nurse for almost 40 years. She didn’t want to leave the field, but she didn’t feel she had a choice.   In November, COVID-19 cases were climbing nationally. Russo, who at the time worked in a… Continue reading Women in health care are at a breaking point — and they’re leaving

To Achieve Equitable Quality Of Care In Nursing Homes, Address Key Workforce Challenges

AUTHOR: Jacqueline Lantsman Milena Berhane James Hernandez

SUBJECT: racial equity, safe staffing, poor job quality, nursing homes, pandemic, occupational segregation, turnvover, career mobility, wages & benefits, BIPOC women, essential workers, care crisis

Nursing Home Safety During COVID: Staff Shortages

AUTHOR: Teresa Murray, U.S. Pirg Education Fund

SUBJECT: safe staffing, poor job quality, nursing homes, pandemic, occupational segregation, turnvover, career mobility, wages & benefits, BIPOC women, essential workers, care crisis

COVID-19 and Workers at Risk: Examining the Long-Term Care Workforce

AUTHOR: Sarah True, Juliette Cubanski, Rachel Garfield, Matthew Rae, Gary Claxton, Priya Chidambaram, and Kendal Orgera

SUBJECT: poor job quality, nursing homes, pandemic, occupational segregation, structural racism, sexism, care crisis

Geography Is Not Destiny: Protecting Nursing Home Residents from the Next Pandemic

AUTHOR: Cinnamon St. John, Health and Aging Policy Fellow

SUBJECT: quality care, poor job quality, nursing homes, pandemic, occupational segregation, care infrastructure, care crisis, financing solutions, policy development

Long-Term Care Policy after Covid-19 — Solving the Nursing Home Crisis

AUTHOR: Rachel M. Werner, M.D., Ph.D., Allison K. Hoffman, J.D., and Norma B. Coe, Ph.D.

SUBJECT: nursing homes, safe staffing, poor job quality, economy, pandemic, care crisis, occupational segregation, policy development

Uncovering the Devaluation of Nursing Home Staff During COVID-19: Are We Fuelling the Next Health Care Crisis?

AUTHOR: Katherine S. McGilton, RN, PhD, Astrid Escrig-Pinol, PhD(c), Adam Gordon, PhD, MBChB, Charlene H. Chu, RN, GNC(c), PhD, Franziska Zúñiga, PhD, RN, Montserrat Gea Sanchez, PhD, Veronique Boscart, RN, PhD, Julienne Meyer, PhD, Kirsten N. Corazzini, PhD, FGSA, Alessandro Ferrari Jacinto, MD, PhD, Karen Spilsbury, PhD, Annica Backman, RN, PhD, Kezia Scales, PhD, Anette Fagertun, PhD, Bei Wu, PhD, David Edvardsson, PhD, Michael J. Lepore, PhD, Angela Y.M. Leung, PhD, Elena O. Siegel, PhD, RN, Maiko Noguchi-Watanabe, RN, PhD, Jing Wang, PhD, RN, Barbara Bowers, PhD, RN, FAAN

SUBJECT: poor job quality, nursing homes, pandemic, structural racism, sexism, BIPOC women, occupational segregation

Article Commentary: The Need for Higher Minimum Staffing Standards in U.S. Nursing Homes

AUTHOR: Charlene Harrington, John F. Schnelle, Margaret McGregor, and Sandra F. Simmons

SUBJECT: poor job quality, nursing homes, quality care, policy development, financing solutions

Staffing Levels and COVID‐19 Cases and Outbreaks in U.S. Nursing Homes

AUTHOR: Rebecca J. Gorges PhD and R. Tamara Konetzka PhD

SUBJECT: nursing homes, safe staffing, poor job quality, economy, pandemic

High Nursing Staff Turnover In Nursing Homes Offers Important Quality Information

AUTHOR: Ashvin Gandhi, Huizi Yu, and David C. Grabowski

SUBJECT: poor job quality, nursing homes, pandemic, economy