At Wheaton-Franciscan Healthcare in Wisconsin, nursing facility aides are trained to identify warning signs in heart failure patients and how to communicate what they see to staff nurses.
Pharma executives whose companies marketed psychotics for elderly patients despite severe health risks should be required to work anonymously as aides in nursing homes.
Medicare did not pay for long-stay nursing home care, home health aides, or other long-term care services before this lawsuit, and it will not do so now.
Aside from nursing, the demand for healthcare support workers such as home health aides and substance abuse counselors will also increase substantially.
They also urge that hospitals, nursing homes, and home care agencies provide greater support for those clinicians and aides who interact with these families.