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cincinnati·Cincinnati, Ohiobycurve

PSA: Viewing Cincinnati Business Courier articles with a library card

Sometimes Cincinnati Biz Courier links are posted. These are mostly paywalled. IF you have a library card then you can view the articles by doing the following steps:

  • Visit the library magazine/newspaper section.
  • Click on Cincinnati Business Courier there and log in if needed.
  • For now, manually find the link that was posted here (I will try to figure out a way to auto format links or something so it takes you right to it at some point.)
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cincinnati·Cincinnati, OhiobyfrankthetankPA

Ohio’s nursing homes are dumping patients at homeless shelters

Ohio’s nursing homes are dumping patients at homeless shelters | AP News Jake Zuckerman/signal Ohio

The scene was concerning enough to prompt the homeless shelter staff to call the fire department.

A woman using a walker had shown up, incontinent and carrying “a large bag of medications.” She was diabetic, managing a tibia fracture and alcohol-related dementia, and she was “dumped” at the shelter, according to federal inspectors.

“The staff member (said) Resident #83 was unclear of what was going on, scared, and not sure who dropped her off there,” inspectors for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, which funds most nursing home care in the U.S., wrote after an Aug. 3, 2023 inspection.

The incident was what industry experts described as a rare but increasingly common instance of a nursing home in Ohio transferring its patients – who are often older, poorer and medically fragile – to a homeless shelter.

CMS has faulted Eastland and six others in the past few years related to efforts to discharge patients to homeless shelters, most of which were ultimately carried out.

The woman had been caught drinking beer at her residence in the Eastland Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, in Columbus, prompting an involuntary discharge. Staff tried to get her into rehabilitation for substance use, but no beds were immediately available.

Ohio’s nursing homes are dumping patients at homeless sheltershttps://apnews.com/article/ohio-nursing-home-patients-homeless-shelters-9c000eeddc9c9411f44fd605fafc6771Open linkView original on lemmy.today
cincinnati·Cincinnati, Ohiobycurve

COLUMN: City, Metro pass big test as they try to build our first rapid transit system

Great article. As someone who lives nearby and went to a few CTM meetings about this, it always struck me as NIMBY bs to try to move these BRT stops. Putting them in the heart of the Ludlow biz district is a no brainer and I'm glad council and the mayor had the foresight to ignore these "concerns" especially as no data backed up their scaremongering.

https://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/news/2026/05/29/city-metro-rapid-bus-clifton-ludlow-stop-dispute.htmlOpen linkView original on lemmy.world