Common Pennsylvania Nursing Home Work Injuries

We see many common nursing home injuries in Pennsylvania.  It is like a repeated story that you've heard over and over again.  With the growing elderly population due to aging baby boomers and the fact that Pennsylvania is a retirement friendly state, nursing homes are increasingly busy and that also means that job demands within the nursing homes are becoming more intense.  That ultimately leads to a rise in common nursing home work injuries. Those nursing home work injuries are…

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Low wages and frequent injuries for nursing home employees in Pennsylvania

A guest column by Bill Parkinson in the Carlisle Sentinel caught my eye.  The essence of Mr. Parkinson's article is the pathetic nature of the low wages paid to nursing home employees. There’s clearly something terribly askew about a system wherein the individuals we trust to care for those we love aren’t paid a living wage. That inequity speaks volumes — tearfully sad volumes — about our priorities, our respect for our relatives and ourselves. How right he is. I…

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