West Texas Nursing Home Staff Walks Out over Personnel Shortage
Local media outlet reports indicate the employees of a West Texas nursing home walked out and left residents without proper levels of care following complaints of staffing shortages over the past weekend.
Concerned family members called the Littlefield, Texas, Police Department requesting a welfare check on residents of the Arbor Crace Wellness Center. The caller complained there was no staff available to take care of their relative, Everything Lubbock reported.
Police and an EMS unit arrived at the nursing home where a volunteer doctor explained there “was an apparent walk-out of employees.” He said there was one certified nurse’s assistant who worked through the night and did not leave her post.
Police entered the facility to investigate and found three residents in wheelchairs near the front station. They noted no signs of mistreatment, according to the regional news outlet.- READ MORE
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