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With more people aging at home and living longer, they need more care when many finally do enter assisted living and nursing homes, which requires more staff in an already difficult workforce landsca…
Budget season has kicked off in state legislatures, and nursing home providers are at the front of the line asking for Medicaid increases.
New federal numbers show the number of nursing homes closed in 2022 lagged far behind the number projected by a major advocacy group.
State lawmakers convene on January 10 to start crafting the state budget.
Ten percent of South Dakota's long-term care facilities have shut down. Mark Deak is the executive director of the South Dakota Health Care Association. He says there is a range of challenges facing the industry today.