Loopholes remain in rush to upgrade nursing home staffing requirements
Lawmakers in several states have turned their attention to a popular scapegoat of COVID-19’s virulent spread in long-term care: staffing levels.
Staffing Levels
Difficult workload created ‘perception’ of nursing home staffing shortages during pandemic: study
Widespread reports of severe staffing shortages being felt across the entire long-term care industry has been a key issue for providers during the ongoing public health crisis.
Strategies for success: Employee engagement through scheduling called a key for retention
Allowing employees to have a say in their own work schedules can go a long way toward alleviating long-term care’s long-standing workforce challenges, according to one expert.
State increases required nursing home staffing hours by nearly 30% — and providers call it a ‘big win’
Arkansas’ nursing home staffing requirements will be updated for the first time in decades after Gov. Asa Hutchinson (R) on Wednesday signed a measure that providers called a “big win for our long-term care facilities.”
CMS missing opportunities to enforce staffing rules, watchdog warns
A watchdog agency is calling for a greater emphasis on staffing ratios during future nursing home surveys, saying the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is missing opportunities to use information it already collects.
Nursing home workers, caregivers call for increased staffing requirements, protections
Long-term care workers in Pennsylvania are seeking significant reform of the state’s nursing home regulations, demanding higher minimum staffing requirements in the wake of COVID-19.
Policy allowing asymptomatic caregivers with COVID to stay on job could worsen staffing, providers say
Providers in Oklahoma are skeptical of a new measure that allows asymptomatic healthcare staff members to continue working in long-term care facilities and hospitals even though they have COVID-19.
Reaching for 5 stars? Leverage technology for staffing compliance
As additional waves of COVID-19 bear down on the long-term care and post-acute industry, it has never been more important for operators to comply with staffing regulations that best protect our most vulnerable population. Some consider compliance requirements mere administrative hurdles to manage. They don’t realize compliance encompasses mission-critical responsibilities that can be the difference…
LTC leaders looking for better pay and bosses, deeper staffs: McKnight’s survey
Long-term care leaders overwhelmingly think that better salary and adding staff would be the top two ways to improve working conditions at nursing homes.
PPE, staff shortages unchanged: CMS data show 1 in 5 facilities ‘severely’ affected
There were notable clusters of equipment shortfalls in certain states. A quarter of U.S. counties had at least 44% of nursing homes reporting low staffing levels.
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