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Although New York's safe staffing law is currently on pause due to a labor shortage, nursing home workers and resident advocates are concerned with how the state plans to enforce it once it does go into effect.
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Gov. Kathy Hochul is proposing to spend $10 billion to increase the state’s health care workforce by 20% over the next five years. It’s not yet clear how much of that money would be earmarked for health care workers in nursing homes, but any funding to attract workers there could be crucial, considering New York nursing homes have lost 13% of their workforce since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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New regulations on staffing levels and profits are set to shake up New York’s nursing home industry when they take effect Jan. 1. The laws are already having something of an impact, but there’s still a question as to whether they’ll actually go into effect come New Year's Day.
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According to state data, 22% of nursing home staff in Western New York are unvaccinated. Only the Mohawk Valley region has a higher percentage of unvaxxed nursing home staff.
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Nursing home finances have come under scrutiny during the COVID-19 pandemic. Now the New York State Legislature is considering a measure to limit how much nursing homes can profit, which proponents say will mean better care for residents and opponents say will just harm the industry.