Rural nursing homes' livelihood may depend on non-existent staff

Rural nursing homes' livelihood may depend on non-existent staff
McKnights Long-Term Care News, by Kimberly Marselas; 1/15/24
... Rural skilled nursing providers have been among the most deeply affected by pandemic-era losses, a fact acknowledged by a provision in the mandate that gives them two extra years to hire needed staff. ... Mark Parkinson, president and CEO of the American Health Care Association, has called staffing “the metric that will matter most” for rural healthcare over the next five to 10 years.