Last year complaints about nursing homes in North Carolina reported to the state were up 27% from 2016. Members of Mecklenburg’s nursing home advisory committee laid out their findings this week.

The nursing home has been hit with more than $370,000 in fines since 2020. For the past two years, the federal government has put the home on its “Special Focus” list, reserved for the nation ...

During the period Jan. 1, 2019, through Dec. 31, 2023, the Division received 35,564 nursing home complaints, of which 17,152 required investigations.

The nursing home has been hit with more than $370,000 in fines since 2020. For the past two years, the federal government has put the home on its “Special Focus” list, reserved for the nation ...

Posted 1:58 p.m. Mar 11, 2022 - Updated 10:12 a.m. Mar 13, 2022 Following deaths at Thomasville nursing home, travel CNA raises alarm about staffing crisis By Travis Fain , WRAL state government ...

Ken Fleming, who owns a home care agency in Charlotte, hears from a number of employees who have worked at short-staffed nursing homes. On some days, they were asked to work 24 hours straight.

Nursing home leaders have struggled to address the staffing problems. Most homes in North Carolina have increased wages, paid bonuses, used staffing agencies and asked employees to work overtime ...

During weekends at the nursing home, Manson said he often saw just three nurse aides on duty to care for 80 residents. There were only one or two nurse aides working some nights, he said.

The toll of poor care hit close to home for Potts this year. During a winter storm in January, police officers responded to a 911 call from a patient inside a nursing home in his district.