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• House Lawmakers Propose Bill to Block New Nursing Home Staffing Requirements

  March 14, 2024

  Irvin Jackson

  A House committee has voted to approve legislation seeking to block recently proposed minimum nursing home staffing requirements.

• Nursing Home Staffing Shortages Remain a Major Problem After COVID-19 Pandemic, DHHS Reports

  March 5, 2024

  Katherine McDaniel

  A new federal report highlights problems in addressing nursing home staffing shortages, which began at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic.

• Temporary Nursing Home Staff Are More Common Now, Increasing Labor Costs and Decreasing Care Quality: Study

  February 20, 2024

  Katherine McDaniel

  The findings of a new study warn that nursing home staffing problems are leading to a reliance on temporary agency workers, which may both increase costs and decrease quality of care.

• Improving Nursing Home Dementia Care Requires More Than Just Additional Staffing: Study

  January 16, 2024

  Martha Garcia

  A new study reveals that specialized training and other improvements, not just staffing levels, are needed to adequately care for nursing home dementia patients in the U.S.

• Only 5% of Nursing Homes Meet Proposed CMS Staffing Levels: Report

  December 1, 2023

  Martha Garcia

  A new report reveals that many nursing homes in the U.S. do not meet current staffing requirements, despite evidence showing that adequate staffing helps protect residents from infections and mistreatment.

• CMS Proposed Nursing Home Staffing Standards Have Received 40k Public Comments

  November 8, 2023

  Katherine McDaniel

  The CMS has received 40,000 comments on proposed nursing home staffing level standards, with the industry claiming it will lead to more closed facilities and residents left without care.

• Nursing Home Staff Turnover Increases Health and Safety Risks for Residents: Study

  October 13, 2023

  Irvin Jackson

  A new study finds that frequent turnover in nursing home staff may be as much of a risk for nursing home residents as being understaffed.

• White House Plans To Require Mandatory Nursing Home Staffing Levels May Be Derailed by CMS Report

  August 30, 2023

  Martha Garcia

  A mistakenly released CMS report contradicts the White House's call for minimum nursing home staffing levels, indicating raising them provided few benefits for high operational cost increases.

• Better Infection Prevention Needed in U.S. Nursing Homes: Report

  June 21, 2023

  Stephanie Yanovich

  A group of specialists are urging Congress to put in place more stringent measures in U.S. nursing homes to prevent the spread of nursing home infections.

• Congressional Report Highlights Nursing Home Neglect, Understaffing Problems at For-Profit Care Facilities

  October 5, 2022

  Russell Maas

  A congressional report claims for-profit nursing homes engaged in cost-cutting measures and ordered workers with COVID-19 to work, contributing to the tragic death toll the pandemic had on long-term care facilities nationwide.