The Nevada Home Care Workforce Safety and Standards Act would enable workers to seek training and benefits and look for ways to improve quality of care and working conditions.
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The Justice Department is investigating whether Nevada unnecessarily relies on institutions — both in and out of state — to treat children with behavioral health conditions.
Nevada identified long-term care facilities as a cause for concern early in the COVID outbreak, but that initial burst of resolve to protect residents and staff has faltered.
More than $2.4 million in CARES Act funding will go to support Las Vegas Valley families in need of emergency food and shelter.
Six more residents and four employees at the Southern Nevada State Veterans Home have tested positive for COVID-19 in the past week, the state announced Thursday.
The first pieces of the state’s plan to vastly expand testing for the disease caused by the new coronavirus are expected as soon as Friday.
Nevada has recorded 111 more COVID-19 cases and three more deaths from the disease in nursing homes, assisted living centers and other institutions since it unveiled a new tracking tool on Monday.
The Nevada National Guard’s deployment in response to the state’s coronavirus crisis expanded sharply Tuesday and will now be the largest state activation in its history.
Offices of the Nevada Division of Welfare and Supportive Services were closed Monday due to the novel coronavirus, but officials indicated they would reopen Tuesday morning.
Seventy soldiers of the 757th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion took part in a mobilization ceremony Friday before departing to Poland and nearby Baltic countries.