‘Like A Ghost Town’: Erratic Nursing Home Staffing Revealed Through New Records

(By Jordan Rau for Kaiser Health News)

ITHACA, N.Y. — Most nursing homes had fewer nurses and caretaking staff than they had reported to the government, according to new federal data, bolstering the long-held suspicions of many families that staffing levels were often inadequate. Continue reading article here…

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