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hoodline.com
Boston Children's Housing Crunch Forces Families to Hunt for Lodging During Brain Surgery
A Brookline inn for families of patients at Boston Children's Hospital offers one lodging option, but finding any open bed near Boston's hospitals has become its own ordeal for families traveling long distances for specialized medical care. That squeeze is at the center of a recent report from The Boston...
Worcester Telegram & Gazette
State declares 'imminent jeopardy' to patients at Worcester nursing home
WORCESTER – The state's crackdown on an out-of-state nursing home operator is being felt in Central Massachusetts. State investigators slapped RegalCare at Worcester at 25 Oriol Drive with an imminent jeopardy designation that signals a subpar level of care that jeopardizes the health and safety of the nursing home's residents, according to a report in The Boston Globe . A resident with dementia reportedly wandered off from the facility and was later found by Worcester police at a restaurant and immediately sent to the hospital, the report said. Police didn't respond Oct. 22 to a request to confirm the report. State officials have barred RegalCare at Worcester from admitting more patients until its level of care improves. The facility didn't immediately respond to a request for comment. The state Department of Public Health is moving to revoke New Jersey-based RegalCare's license to operate nursing homes in Massachusetts after reports of severe understaffing resulted in poor care and the diversion of nursing home revenues to the company's other businesses. RegalCare at Blackstone Valley, at 447 Hill St. in Whitinsville, is another of RegalCare's 12 nursing homes in Massachusetts that collectively serve about 1,300 residents. Khaled Sultani, the facility's administrator, didn't respond
Boston 25 News WFXT
Hopkinton assisted living facility ordered to stop new admissions amid death investigation
An assisted living facility in Hopkinton has been ordered by the Executive Office of Aging & Independence (AGE) to stop accepting new residents amid an ongoing unattended death investigation.
CBS News
Nurses at Brigham and Women's Hospital reject hospital's "last, best, and final" contract offer
figcitynews.com
Johnson: Yes on Question 3 – will make our votes matter
Bill Humphrey served Newton well on the City Council, but his op-ed (“Question 3 – A misleading solution) is misguided on many fronts. First, he ignores the key feature of All Party Primaries, moving the decisive election from low turnout primaries to higher turnout general elections. Louisiana, using this system, is the only Republican southern state to accept Obamacare’s Medicare expansion – because its legislators had to listen to their whole districts not just the primary voters.
revere.org
City of Revere Receives $500,000 Community Health Award from Mass General Brigham
REVERE, MA – The City of Revere and Mayor Patrick M. Keefe Jr. are proud to announce that the Revere Public Health Department has been awarded $500,000 in Community Health Impact Funds from Mass General Brigham (MGB) to expand programs supporting economic stability and mobility, and mental and behavioral health. The funding is part of MGB’s Determination of Need Community Health Initiative, which committed approximately $68.9 million over eight years to its priority communities of Revere, Boston, Chelsea, and Winthrop. The program’s aim is to address how socioeconomic factors, such as housing affordability, economic stability, access to transportation, food security, and employment, can have a significant impact on individual and community health outcomes.