Nursing Home Staffing Regulations, Proposals Clash With Financial, Operational Realities
As the White House considers stricter federal staffing minimum requirements, regulations in some parts of the country are bowing to the realities of the skilled nursing industry’s workforce crisis.
Providers in states from Virginia to New York are pushing back on the requirements they say threaten their ability to provide the best care for residents. The Georgia Health Care Association (GHCA) opposes implementing a “one size fits all” approach to regulating its providers’ staffing levels.
“A mandated increase in staffing minimums increases the risk of providers basing hiring practices upon the ‘warm body’ model,” Tony Marshall, president and CEO of the GHCA, told Skilled Nursing News. “This would exponentially increase the potential for abuse, neglect and exploitation.”
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Skilled Nursing News
PUBLISHED
July 28, 2022
SOURCE
“Nursing Home Staffing Regulations, Proposals Clash With Financial, Operational Realities.” Skilled Nursing News, 28 July 2022, skillednursingnews.com/2022/07/nursing-home-staffing-regulations-proposals-clash-with-financial-operational-realities.
