Skilled Nursing Unfunded Staffing Mandate
Skilled Nursing Unfunded Staffing Mandate 1201 L Street NW Washington, DC 20005 www.ahcancal.org It is impossible to implement because the workers are not available. Nursing homes can’t meet increasing, unfunded staffing requirements when they can’t find caregivers. This unfunded mandate would require nursing homes to hire more than 102,000 additional caregivers to meet requirements. The sector is still grappling with a historic workforce crisis. Nursing homes are desperately trying to hire more staff, but positions often sit vacant for months. With a limited pool of qualified nurses and nurses’ aides throughout health care, a federal staffing minimum would mean nursing [...]