More staff. More money. More inspections. More accountability. Top North Carolina officials say those are among the fixes needed to address a staffing crisis that endangers thousands of nursing home ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) — The staff shortages at North Carolina’s nursing homes have only gotten worse. Nearly 40 percent of the state’s nursing homes responding to a government survey indicated they are ...

The budget recently passed by North Carolina lawmakers leaves Bill Lamb feeling both relieved and concerned. “It buys more time,” said Lamb, a board member of Friends of Residents in Long Term Care, a ...

At one for-profit nursing home, residents waited hours for help. “What if someone’s having an emergency?” a former resident asked. “They could die.” A nationwide struggle to hire and retain caregivers ...

Nursing has been excluded from the grouping of "professional" degrees under Trump's federal spending bill, signed into law ...

At a troubled Salisbury nursing home, one resident was hurt by a caregiver trying to move him. When he cried out, she put her hand over his mouth to muffle the sound. Another resident said no one ...

Few places have shown themselves more vulnerable to COVID-19 than nursing homes, the source of more than a third of reported deaths from the virus in North Carolina so far. But unlike in some other ...

At one for-profit nursing home, residents waited hours for help. “What if someone’s having an emergency?” a former resident asked. “They could die.” For-profit nursing homes in North Carolina tend to ...