Completely Out of Touch: Biden’s Minimum Staffing Proposal Comes as Skilled Nursing Reels From Labor Crisis
As state and federal policymakers clamor to set nursing home minimum staffing standards – most recently in the Biden administration’s expansive reform proposals – leaders in the space are asking a pointed question: Why now?
The industry has already lost nearly 238,000 caregivers in the last two years – an issue that has only been inflamed by the pandemic.
While the nursing home industry has seen modest job growth the last two months, adding 5,400 hires from December 2021 to February, the sector is far behind other health care fields in employment recovery.
Nursing home operators have offered hiring bonuses, increased wages, better benefit packages and job flexibility – all with varying degrees of success – to both hire new workers and retain current staff.
FROM
Skilled Nursing News
PUBLISHED
March 20, 2022
SOURCE
Jordyn Reiland. “Completely Out of Touch: Biden’s Minimum Staffing Proposal Comes as Skilled Nursing Reels From Labor Crisis.” Skilled Nursing News, Apr. 2022, skillednursingnews.com/2022/03/completely-out-of-touch-bidens-minimum-staffing-proposal-comes-as-skilled-nursing-reels-from-labor-crisis.
