Night staff hailed for quick action when bear breaks into nursing home

Night staff hailed for quick action when bear breaks into nursing home
McKnight's Long-Term Care News; by James M. Berklan; 6/9/25
While caregivers at St. Andrew’s Village are well-versed in typical protocols for tending to seniors, it’s their quick-thinking response to some alarming adolescent behavior that has earned them the admiration of peers and the outside world. Nurse aides and other staff on the overnight shift deftly blocked access to most patient rooms and helped steer a 118-pound black bear out of their unit late Tuesday night at their life plan community 50 miles east of Pittsburgh.