In Washington state, for instance, a state inspector documented staffing levels at the Arcadia Healthcare — University Place on Jan. 27, 2020. For 110 residents, there were four direct-care nurses on duty during the day shift, a ratio of one nurse assistant to 27 residents, according to the report. That day, multiple residents received their insulin hours late. The inspection report cited other examples of allegedly deficient care, including untreated pain and poor wound care.”
Decades of neglect in nursing homes spur Biden plan for staff mandates
November 22, 2022 | Education, Policy
From the Washington Post’s Christopher Rowland,
“Critics say the details of Sira’s suffering add to decades of accumulated evidence that residents suffer more complications, such as bed sores and falls, in nursing homes with inadequate numbers of front-line nurses and nursing assistants. Now, after years of debate and industry resistance, the Biden administration has set in motion plans for a federal minimum staffing requirement for the nation’s 15,500 nursing homes. The new rule is expected to be announced in 2023
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