🌱 A family's nursing home search exposes Pennsylvania's care shortage
Monroeville, Pennsylvania Patch AM: a 4 min readGood morning Monroeville! Your connection to what's happening around town is here. Take a sip of coffee and read on. ☕️️
In today's newsletter:
- A family's nursing home search exposes Pennsylvania's care shortage
- A Monroeville perfectionist gives hand-stitching a chance
- Monroeville police stop suspect in Butler shooting investigation
Also on today's calendar: Recreation & Parks Advisory Board and 5 more events.
Today's riddle: How do you know that a wedding was emotional? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Sunday: Partly sunny and breezy, with a high of 57 and low of 43 degrees.
- Monday: Mostly sunny and breezy, temps: high: 53, low: 40.
- Tuesday: Mostly sunny and pleasant, with a high of 60 and low of 43 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Westmoreland family's nursing home search highlights Pa. care crisis (triblive.com) — While their son was hospitalized in Monroeville, an aging Hempfield couple spent four weeks searching for a nearby nursing home that could care for him. They eventually found a bed in Irwin, but their struggle illustrates Pennsylvania's long-term care shortages, which industry advocates link to staffing gaps and inadequate Medicaid payments. 
• ‘Process over perfection' emphasized during live Japanese stitching podcast in Tarentum (triblive.com) — Monroeville resident Alberta Certo wanted to set perfectionism aside when she joined a live stitching podcast in Tarentum on Saturday. Participants explored the calming side of hand-stitching and tried Japanese techniques, with organizers estimating about $600 in proceeds for Knead Community Cafe in New Kensington.
• Man arrested in connection with shooting in Butler City (wtae.com) — Monroeville police stopped a vehicle carrying a suspect in Thursday night's Butler shooting, which injured two people, authorities said. Khamrin Paige, 19, faces assault and firearms charges. Butler police said Saturday that both victims were recovering well and that they expected more arrests.
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🗞 Nearby News
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McKeesport
- Georgia Commit Kemon Spell's Focus Remains on Bringing a Championship Back to McKeesport (on3.com)
- Pennsylvania Winter Weather Awareness: Is Pittsburgh Snow Ready? (newsbreak.com)
- Veterans Day services around the Valley (monvalleyindependent.com)
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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "How do you know that a wedding was emotional?" — Even the cake was in tiers. (Thank you Curt K. for sending it in!)
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