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The Biden administration has set a first-ever minimum staffing rule for nursing homes, making good on the president’s promise more than two years ago to seek improvements in care for
Over industry opposition, the administration set a minimum staff level for nursing in a bid to curb neglect
As hundreds of nursing homes have shuttered in the last few years, the very strategies meant to prop up the sector have often left the most isolated, resource-strapped facilities with nothing gained.
Like many of its rural neighbors, Good Samaritan Society-Bloomfield is teetering between fulfilling its vital community role and succumbing to the financial pressures that come with operating in a small town.
More than half of skilled nursing leaders say they would need to hire more agency staff if a proposed federal staffing mandate is enacted. That’s just one finding from the McKnight’s 2024 Outlook Survey, which reveals operators’ desperation to recruit and retain staff is ratcheting up as a new year begins.