McKnight’s Senior Living March 1, 2024
(HealthDay News) — Although the pandemic has ended, staffing shortages and employee burnout still plague US nursing homes, a new government report finds.
But the problems didn’t end there: The report, issued Thursday by the Inspector General’s Office at the US Department of Health and Human Services, showed that infection-control procedures were still sorely lacking at many facilities.
Not only that, COVID booster vaccination rates remain far lower than they should be, with only 38% of residents and 15% of staff up-to-date on their shots, according to a recent KFF report.
“Just as airplanes cannot be repaired while in flight, nursing home challenges could not be fully repaired during the pandemic,” Rachel Bryan, a social science analyst with the inspector...
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