A shortage of support staff already means nurses have to leave their patients to carry food trays and do other tasks unrelated to nursing. It will get a lot worse.

It would have been helpful to have been provided with counseling, she said, and some respite care that didn’t require admitting Corey to the VA an hour away for the day. A way to connect with kids in ...

However, if it ends up following through and privatizing the nursing home ... “Is it gonna provide care for the veterans that is at least as good, if not better than what we’re doing now?