Staffing shortages in nursing homes are worse now than ever before. In 2019, 588,000 certified nursing assistant (CNA) positions in nursing homes needed to be filled. Since the start of the pandemic, ...
The Department of Health and Human Services today repealed key provisions of the minimum staffing standards for long-term ...
"Safe, high-quality care is essential, but rigid, one-size-fits-all mandates fail patients," HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy ...
(KTEN) — Last week, Oklahoma Senator James Lankford (R-OK) along with colleagues introduced the Protecting Rural Seniors Access to Care Act; prohibiting a proposed national nursing home staff rule.
Every morning, a nearly 90-year-old resident in my building asks me to help her put on her jewelry. Before she moved into the nursing home, she struggled to complete this simple yet significant task, ...
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