Nursing Home Staffing Crisis In The United States
October 31, 2023
The American Health Care Association surveyed 524 nursing home providers in the United States between December 7 and December 16, 2022, and stated in its January 2023 report: The vast majority of nursing homes are experiencing staffing shortages and difficulties in hiring additional staff. Providers[...]
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Could Nursing Homes Meet Increased Staffing Requirements?
September 16, 2023
KFF (formerly known as The Kaiser Family Foundation) recently analyzed the percentage and characteristics of long-term care facilities (nursing homes) that would meet higher levels of nursing staff, if required under Medicare and Medicaid, and found “virtually all nursing facilities meet curre[...]
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Nursing Home Beds In The United States Are Declining
June 8, 2023
Nursing Home Beds Declining: The results of a study published on March 1, 2023 in JAMA Network entitled “Trends in Supply of Nursing Home Beds, 2011-2019” found that the number of nursing home beds in the United States declined between 2011 and 2019: “the supply of nursing home bed[...]
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Survey Finds 94% Of U.S. Nursing Homes Face Staffing Shortages
July 13, 2021
The American Health Care Association and National Center for Assisted Living (AHCA/NCAL) conducted a survey of 616 nursing homes and 122 assisted living communities across the U.S., inquiring about challenges they face in their workforce. The survey found that almost three-fourths of nursing homes a[...]
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Nursing Home Closures Statistics
July 21, 2020
A report published in February 2020 entitled “Nursing Home Closures and Trends June 2015-June 2019” found that despite 555 nursing homes in the United States having closed since June 2015, and the increasing number of nursing home closures each year, nursing home occupancy rates have dec[...]
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