Nursing Homes

In Tuesday’s meeting in Merrill, the Lincoln County Board of Supervisors decided to not hold a referendum to increase taxes to fund the Pine Crest Nursing Home.

A new study from the University of Wisconsin (UW) Madison shows people in nursing homes could benefit from rapid flu testing

Pine Crest Nursing Home based out of Merrill houses more than 80 people, but its future is in the hands of Lincoln County officials and the public

The Pine Crest Nursing Home in Merrill is home to many, but also has plenty of needs from staffing to building improvements

AARP Wisconsin said the state's more than 500,000 family caregivers provided an estimated 540 million hours of unpaid care in 2021

Complaints against Wisconsin nursing homes continue to pile up and could surpass a record number filed last year as the state struggles to find enough nurses and nursing home inspectors.

The death rate from the virus rose from 0.05 percent of Wisconsin nursing home residents in mid-August to 0.11 percent in mid-September.

There is a gap between patient and staff vaccination rates at Wisconsin’s nursing homes, and that gap widens when looking at data from some local nursing homes.

The most recent Michigan data showed 51% of staff and residents of nursing homes have been vaccinated against COVID-19, despite the disproportionate share…