Nursing homes cope with huge staff shortages in Colorado Don Bray/ US Navy via MGN COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) -- According to CoPIRG, a non-profit organization, as of December 6, 2020, 55 nursing homes in Colorado were understaffed, potentially affecting the care of 3,103 residents in those homes. CoPIRG adds that at the same time, more than 3,000 nursing homes across the country had a shortage of nurses, aides or doctors, a crippling problem that started last May and has gotten worse. At any given time throughout most of 2020, more than 200,000 Americans resided in nursing homes that ...