More than 80% of U.S. nursing homes reported staffing shortages in early 2023. SciLine interviewed Dr. Jasmine Travers, a gerontological nurse practitioner and assistant professor of nursing at New York University Rory Meyers College of Nursing, and asked her how the shortage affects health care for nursing home residents, if nursing homes in poorer neighborhoods have been hit harder by the shortages, and what can be done to fix the problem.
When nursing homes are understaffed, that means there might not be a sufficient number of certified nursing assistants to, for example, answer call bells. That might translate to residents sitting in their beds needing help for longer periods of time.
In those instances, if a person doesn't have someone to get them out of bed, sometimes they might try to get up themselves. And when they do that, they could be at risk of falling.
I'd also like to see improved wages and benefits and more investment in retention efforts to keep the people who are already working in nursing homes working there.is changed. And when people stay longer, they know their residents more. That consistency translates to better quality of care.
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