Staff picket outside Good Sam Hospital in Puyallup. “Patients need our help.”

Workers at Good Samaritan Hospital in Puyallup picket along South Meridian on April 3, 2026. The union is advocating for higher wages, more affordable health care and better staffing.

About 250 Good Samaritan Hospital workers and community members picketed near the Puyallup hospital on Friday for a new contract. [–> Workers picketed along South Meridian near the hospital from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. MultiCare, which owns Good Samaritan Hospital, also saw simultaneous protests at two of its other hospitals: Navos Behavioral Health in … Read more

Assisted living facility: Staff negligence caught on resident’s camera

Assisted living facility: Staff negligence caught on resident's camera

(Iowa Capital Dispatch) – An assisted living center in Iowa recently used a video camera owned by the family of a female resident to record staff members ignoring her. The use of resident-owned cameras in nursing homes has been a hotly debated topic in Iowa, with advocacy groups repeatedly calling for legislation that would ban … Read more