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Federal officials vowed Tuesday to issue a nursing home staffing standard “soon,” despite a premature report release revealing uncertainty.
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Leaders from the Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Society will speak with elected officials next week in Washington, D.C., sharing solutions for workforce challenges in long-term care.
Nursing home closures largely stem from a shortage of workers. The problem could deepen as pandemic-era government assistance dries up.
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…
WAUKON, Iowa — Marjorie Kruger was stunned to learn last fall that she would have to leave the nursing home where she’d lived comfortably for six years. The Good Samaritan Society facility in Postville, Iowa,...