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"Our nurses have not had any input on safe staffing levels – we certainly have had our opinions, but we have never really been asked to share those."
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“The key difference between a job at McDonald’s and a job at a nursing home should be a career, that you’re beginning a career. We believe we need to build that infrastructure.”
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“Finally, we could have a strong law and tools we need to advocate for our patients."
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“The pandemic has laid bare the risks to vulnerable nursing home residents that are inherent in a low staffing business model."
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“They feel very vulnerable because they are homebound and obviously have health issues and they feel like they would be at high risk."
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"The sooner we get this investigation started, the sooner we can get justice and the sooner we can get information to make sure that this never happens again.”
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"There's the excitement of seeing her, and then the 30 minutes goes faster than you could ever imagine, and then when they wheel her away, it's very tough.”
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“Certainly no fault that we’re placing on the facility at all,” Wheeler said. “It's just more of a clearing up of those communication lines."
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County Manager Jack Wheeler and Steuben Public Health Director Darlene Smith announced an uptick in cases at the nursing home Tuesday afternoon.
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Republicans in the state Legislature are hoping that support from a handful of Democrats on a bill to establish an independent probe into the state’s handling of nursing homes during the COVID-19 crisis will garner momentum for the measure.