Nursing home caregivers and licensed staff need a supportive work environment. A new study indicates that Facilities should invest in mental health initiatives for employees to address and prevent the effects of toxic stress.  Nearly three-fourths (73%) of 1,100 frontline workers were found to be at high or intermediate risk of toxic stress, according to

Inadequate unsafe staffing is the single biggest contributor to poor quality care in nursing homes, and is a major, recurring issue in South Carolina nursing homes. A new rule from CMS establishes at a national level of a minimum total of 3.48 hours of nursing care per day, among other staffing standards. Anything below that number

Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell announced a settlement with three temporary staffing agencies for price gouging. The chief complaint was that the accused companies charged nursing homes and assisted living communities rates that were higher than the maximums allowed by the state. The staffing agencies agreed to pay more than $260,000 to resolve allegations

The nursing home staffing crisis is a call to action for safe staffing levels in long-term care facilities for quality care for older adults. Nursing home residents are suffering because their facilities do not have adequate numbers of staff to care for them. Without safe staffing, the understaffing will continue with devastating consequences for residents,