Bottlenecks at hospitals have mounted over the last year with long wait times for patient transfers to nursing homes – recent facility closures in the sector not helping the situation. These persistent delays in discharges from emergency departments and inpatient care resulted in unnecessary hospital-level care and deep financial losses for hospitals because these delayed […]
Minnesota Department of Health
Nursing home operators are facing burdens and pressures related to the survey process, in yet another consequence of the severe labor shortages facing the sector. Just as nursing homes have struggled to fill open positions, so too have survey agencies been dealing with worker shortages. Survey agencies are trying to shore up their ranks by […]
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz this week has called on the state’s National Guard to help nursing homes facing “severe staffing shortages” across the state. Walz said 400 members of the National Guard will begin certified nursing assistants (CNA) and temporary nursing aides (TNA) training over the next week. Skilled nursing facilities that are particularly struggling […]
As skilled nursing industry staffing shortages worsen and occupancy recovery slows, health officials in some states are taking matters into their own hands to ensure quality care is being administered at their facilities. The Minnesota Department of Health recently assumed control of a small nursing home in the state, Twin City Gardens Nursing Home in […]
When it became apparent that COVID-19 was sweeping the country, one of the earliest major preventative steps was a move by the federal government to instate a near-total lockdown on any unnecessary visits. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced the sweeping ban on March 13, which did include an exception for end-of-life […]
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