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Ohio nursing homes struggling with low staffing Peter Van Runkle, who runs the Ohio Health Care Association, says one way to solve the labor shortage in nursing homes is to pay more. Author: Kevin Landers Updated: 6:40 PM EDT July 6, 2021 COLUMBUS, Ohio — Low staffing is among the top validated reasons why families complain about the state’s nursing homes. “The top complaints we get are really indicative of staffing such as symptoms unattended, cold food, slow response to calls for help,” says Beverley Laubert, Ohio Long-Term Care Ombudsman. The average...

Shutterstock.com A proposed constitutional amendment called "Nursing Facility Patients' Bill of Rights" that would set minimum staffing levels for patient care in nursing homes in Ohio could be on the ballot in 2022. A proposed constitutional amendment that would establish minimum staffing levels for care for Ohio’s nursing homes is one step closer to making the ballot.  Backers say their “Nursing Facility Patients’ Bill of Rights” would require the Ohio Department of Health and the Ohio Board of Nursing to establish minimum care standards for patients at skilled nursing and re...

Cincinnati Enquirer COLUMBUS – An effort to add a “Nursing Facility Patients’ Bill of Rights" to the Ohio Constitution cleared its first hurdle Wednesday. Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost certified that language used in the petition was a “fair and truthful statement" of the proposed amendment.  Called Carolyn's Law, the proposed amendment would require certain staff-to-patient ratios and minimum amounts of daily care at nursing and rehabilitation facilities.  Cleveland-area real estate agent Jesse Ruffin Jr. is pushing for the changes after his wife of 41 years, Carolyn Ruffin,...