A 2021 New York State law establishing staffing minimums in nursing homes will soon begin to be enforced. Approximately 75% of the state’s 600 nursing homes have violated the standards. The homes must hire more workers, which many nursing home operators say they have been unable to do, or reduce the number of their residents. Anneda Brown, an 1199 SEIU member and certified nurse’s aide, said understaffed facilities harm residents’ care, and disputed the claim by operators that they can’t afford to hire more workers.
Read the full story by David Robinson in Lohud. published December 26, 2022, here: https://www.lohud.com/story/news/2022/12/26/ny-to-begin-enforcing-nursing-home-staffing-minimums-law/69695600007/
