Most U.S. nursing homes will need to add staffing under a federal rule announced Monday that for the first time sets minimum staffing ratios nationwide for homes that care for elderly and disabled people.
The rule, announced Monday by Vice President Kamala Harris, mandates that nursing homes meet minimum staffing requirements for registered nurses and nurse aides. The rule is intended to limit cases of resident neglect or delays in care, a lingering issue that was exposed when more than 200,000 nursing home residents and staff died from COVID-19 in the first two years of the pandemic.
Experts call the rule a significant step toward bolstering nursing home quality and safety.
“This is the most important nursing home reform in decades,” said David Grabowski, a professor of health care policy at Harvard Medical School. “We need more staff in nursing homes. This is a big development in terms of setting a floor such that nursing homes can’t grossly understaff facilities.”
Most probably have that…
But that’s not what this is.
Assume 3 shifts a day, really 4 because of time off and weekends.
So that’s 8-16 minimum.
Which is significantly higher than “2”.
And like I said, there aren’t enough nurses for hospitals. There’s just non available, and we have a shit ton of retirement homes in this countries with way less than that 8-16 per 100 patients, and it’s already expensive.
The salary we be passed on to the patients, and some of them will no longer be able to afford it.
Which wouldn’t be an issue if we fixed our healthcare system, but Biden doesn’t want to do that either.
So you don’t like the proposed change to address the problem.
What is YOUR solution to the problem of nursing home residents not receiving proper care?
Also, limit your solution to only the power of the Executive at the federal level so we can make an apples-to-apples comparison.