Despite years of studies showing an increase of nurses on staff reduces deaths and falls in nursing home, the Trump administration has repealed the national rule requiring a registered nurse to be available around the clock at nursing homes. See article here. Moreover, Congress has also allowed his administration to throw away national minimum staffing
Another study confirms what nursing homes have likely known all along: facilities with higher CNA staff levels experience fewer fall injuries. While it may sound like common sense, (i.e., more nurses available to help residents walk results in fewer residents falling when they don’t have someone to help them…) nursing homes continue to turn a
Nursing home operators often describe understaffing as an unavoidable consequence of labor shortages, but a recent opinion piece in the Cherokee Chronicle Times points to a more structural problem. The industry is largely for profit and heavily funded by public dollars, particularly through Medicaid. Yet many facilities continue to operate with staffing levels that leave residents without
The push to rescind the federal minimum staffing rule for nursing homes is yet another step backward for resident safety. A recent letter in the Wyoming Tribune Eagle says what families across the country already know: without enforceable staffing standards, seniors pay the price. The original CMS rule was reasonable and certainly not radical or extreme. It
Stunning reports out of New Jersey lay bare what families and plaintiff attorneys have been warning about for years: when nursing home owners hide money through related-party shell companies, residents pay the price. Acting Comptroller Kevin Walsh is demanding nearly $124 million from owners Daryl Hagler and Kenneth Rozenberg, accusing them of running a multi-year
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