Many Pa. nursing homes must spend more on patient care under new law
This summer, Pennsylvania became just the fourth state to require nursing homes to devote a specific percentage of expenditures to resident care.
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This summer, Pennsylvania became just the fourth state to require nursing homes to devote a specific percentage of expenditures to resident care.
Reinstating training requirements for temporary nurse aides will leave facilities understaffed and limit patient access, providers say.
The federal government offered facilities flexibility as they contended with the harshest stretches of the pandemic.
Twenty-one new COVID-19 outbreaks brought Larimer County to its highest number of active outbreaks since January, though outbreaks continue to trend smaller in size. Outbreaks newly reported this week included two daycare centers, an elementary school, two middle schools, and two long-term care facilities. There are now 86 active outbreaks in Larimer County, according to county and state data reported on Wednesday. The biggest outbreak newly reported this week was at Webber Middle School, 4201 Seneca St. in Fort Collins, with nine cases among students and one case among staff and an onset da...