Though Door County’s nursing homes have made it through the first phase of requirements under a new ruling on staffing from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), the ruling’s final effects remain to be seen.
Tag: Falling Short: Rebuilding elderly care in rural America
Rural nursing homes across the country, already understaffed, face significant new federal staffing requirements. With on-the-ground reporting from the Institute for Nonprofit News’ Rural News Network and data analysis assistance from USA TODAY and Big Local News at Stanford University, eight newsrooms, including Door County Knock, explore what the rule change would look like for residents in communities across America. Support from The National Institute for Health Care Management (NIHCM) Foundation made the project possible.
