On April 22, 2024, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced new staffing mandates for long-term care (LTC) facilities in an effort to improve care quality in nursing homes (NHs). The guidelines require a minimum of 3.48 h of daily care per resident, including 0.55 h ...
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But even before the announcement was made, healthcare systems were concerned about the potential strain that nursing home staff vaccine mandates would have on already existingstaffing shortages. As of August, 60 percent of facilities wanted to require staff to be vaccinated, according t...
President Joe Biden's signature nursing home safety and quality proposal faces intense industry opposition and bipartisan skepticism on Capitol Hill.
When a nursing home is unable to provide sufficient staffing, the resident’s quality of life is directly impacted. Nearly 1.4 million people currently live in nursing homes in the United States, with a steady projected growth expected as the population continues to age. According to the National...
Staffing Requirements Georgia law mandates that there must be at least one registered nurse or licensed nurse must be on and in charge for each eight-hour shift. The nursing home must also have enough staff to adequately care for residents. ...
If you need to file a lawsuit against a Florida nursing home, you havetwo yearsfrom the date of discovery of the abuse or the date that the complainant should have discovered the abuse, according to Florida Statutes §95.11. You can also file a report with the Florida Department of Health...
COVID-19 nursing home data. Accessed June 10, 2022. https://data.cms.gov/covid-19/covid-19-nursing-home-data 2. Gorges RJ, Konetzka RT. Staffing levels and COVID-19 cases and outbreaks in US nursing homes. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2020;68(11):2462-2466. doi:10.1111/jgs...
The legislation establishes a complaint and survey mechanism to verify that nursing homes meet these criteria and provisions for resident rights, quality of care, and staffing levels. The legislation also mandates nursing facilities to have a sufficient number of staff members to suit the requirements...