Two Rochester nursing homes fined for poor care (Rochester Democrat and Chronicle)

The state health department has fined two local nursing homes after Medicare inspectors reported poor care, including one incident where a resident later died after choking during her evening meal. A third nursing home was also cited.

Nursing cuts threaten patient care, union says (Scarborough Mirror)

Patient care will suffer under the latest round of nursing cuts, this time at Humber River Regional Hospital and St. Michael's Hospital, the president of the Ontario Nurses Association warns.

SMC offers transport assistance (The Reporter)

SOMERVILLE -- Somerset Medical Center now offers non-emergency ambulance service to transport discharged patients to nursing homes, assisted living facilities, rehabilitation centers and other health care facilities.

SO-CAL HEALTHCARE WORKERS TO HOLD ONE-DAY STRIKE: August 28 action to call attention to undermining of patient care ... (Eurweb)

*Lynwood, CA - With frighteningly low numbers of trauma and emergency services in South Los Angeles, hundreds of healthcare workers at St. Francis Medical Center in Lynwood will hold one-day strike on Thursday, August 28 at 12 noon to protest the health system's attempt to undermine important patient care protections and healthcare worker's voices.

Diaper dispute at Scarborough nursing home (East York Mirror)

A struggle over diapers between staff and managers at a Scarborough nursing home has highlighted what critics say are practices that can deny long-term-care patients their dignity. A staff complaint...