NEW YORK, Nov. 29 (Xinhua) -- With President-elect Donald Trump returning to the White House, the U.S. nursing home industry is ramping up pressure to kill a government-set mandate that they employ a minimum number of nurses before it takes effect to leave thousands of residents in homes too short-staffed to provide proper care, reported The New York Times (NYT) on Friday.
COVID-19's rampage killed over 172,000 nursing home residents. Then came the staffing regulation in April that requires nursing homes to have registered nurses on site around the clock -- something that the industry has endorsed -- and to maintain minimum numbers of nurses and aides. Four of five homes would have to increase staffing. The requirements would be phased in, starting in May 2026.
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