Some North Carolina nursing homes remain without running water weeks after Hurricane Helene — leaving elderly residents unable to shower, wash their hands or flush the toilet without a bucket. The ...

A resident at a Salisbury nursing home makes her way down a hallway. Most states require minimum staffing ratios for nursing homes. North Carolina isn’t among them.

The decision to enroll a family member in an assisted living or rehabilitation center can be difficult. There are many facilities across the state, but it isn't always easy to find one with an open ...

An audit of North Carolina’s health and human services department cited problems in its oversight of nursing homes, including delays in inspections, complaint investigations and verifying corrective ...

The state currently does not have laws dictating a certain nurse-to-patient ratio, nor does it have state laws outlining how many hours per day each nurse should spend with residents. That's a problem ...

Eight South Carolina nursing homes could be at risk of closure pending cuts to Medicaid outlined in the GOP’s “Big Beautiful Bill” which passed in July, according to a June Brown University School of ...

Muthoni Nduthu was one of two killed by explosions at an eastern Pennsylvania facility that was plagued by poor ratings, ...

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