"Establishing minimum staffing standards for nursing homes will improve resident safety and promote high-quality care so residents and their families can have peace of mind," said HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra. "When facilities are understaffed, residents suffer. They might be unable to use the bathr...
In this paper, we utilized a difference-in-differences regression framework to understand how changes to minimum staffing regulations impact staffing and quality. In particular, we examine California's 2018 change to staffing regulations that increased the minimum staffing level from 3.2 to 3.5 hours ...
"Understaffing can also have a disproportionate impact on women and people of color who make up a large proportion of the nursing home workforce because, without sufficient support, these dedicated workers can't provide the care they know the residents deserve." To be phased in over the next ...
Anew federal lawsuit challenging the Biden administration’s newminimum nursing home staffing rulelays out the worst-case scenario: Hundreds of long-term care facilities forced to downsize or close, tens of thousands of vulnerable seniors displaced, and countless others waiting longer for care. Not o...
staffing makes a difference in the quality of care and outcomes of that care. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid recently released long-awaitedfinal rulethat would set federal minimum staffing standards for nursing homes, but there have been efforts to undo it. Diana Mason, PhD, RN, host ...
The Biden administration’sproposed minimum staffing standardis likely the most important nursing home reform measure in decades. If finalized, the rule would establish detailed federal nursing home staffing standards for the first time, requiring facilities to always have a registered nurse onsite and ...
On Monday, officials of the federal government said that it plans to set minimum staffing levels, reduce the use of shared rooms and crack down on the poorest-performing nursing homes to reduce the risk of residents contracting infectious diseases. ...
A Biden administration proposal to establish mandatory minimum staffing levels for nursing homes is prompting questions over how to pay for it. Photographer: Bartek Sadowski/Bloomberg April 21, 2022, 5:35 PM GMT+8 Nursing Home Staffing Push Fuels Debate Over How to Pay for It...
Under the final rule, facilities will need to develop a staffing plan to maximize recruitment and retention. Lack of staff and funding to hire more employees, who often work for low wages, have been the main issues when CMS released itsproposed minimum staffingrule in September. ...
A bipartisan group of senators is working to block CMS from implementing its controversial proposed staffing minimums for the nursing home sector with a new piece of legislation introduced Tuesday (Dec. 6). The bill, which is backed by the nursing home lobby, indicates lawmakers are increas...