Staff Shortages Are Hammering Long-term Care Facilities, Home Care Agencies, and Families

Forbes September 22, 2021
Howard Gleckman

The shortage of staff in long-term facilities and home care agencies has gone from a problem to a crisis.

· Three rural nursing homes in Maine close because they cannot hire enough staff to maintain care for patients and residents.

· A nursing home in Oklahoma shuts its doors due to a staff shortages. Same in Kansas.

· A new industry survey reports that only 1 percent of nursing homes and 4 percent of assisted living facilities (ALFs) say they are fully staffed, while 89 percent of nursing homes and 82 percent of ALFs report moderate or severe shortages.

· Fifty-eight percent of nursing homes and 28 percent of ALFs say they are limiting admissions because they do not have...

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