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Advocates for the law -- which creates minimum staffing ratios and requires that nursing home residents get at least 3.5 hours per day of direct nursing care -- said they're relieved that the delay is over.
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The law would, among other things, require that nursing home residents get at least 3.5 hours of direct nursing care per day.
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1199 SEIU United Health Care Workers East, the union representing more than 150 workers at the Lewiston nursing home, said Tuesday that several employees received disciplinary notices for participating in its March 9 strike.
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New York State Attorney General Letitia James, whose report on nursing homes last year led to industry reforms, is now calling on Gov. Kathy Hochul to implement those same reforms.
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All told, the comptroller says the state Health Department failed to account for approximately 4,100 lives lost due to COVID-19 between April 2020 and February 2021.
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The COVID-19 pandemic and a statewide shortage of health care workers has perhaps emboldened nursing home workers, who often receive low wages.
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WBFO asked nursing home stakeholders to grade Gov. Kathy Hochul’s handling of the industry as she marks six months in office Thursday. They gave her mostly positive reviews while acknowledging that former Gov. Andrew Cuomo set a low bar.
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The directive in question was issued by the Cuomo administration by former State Health Commissioner Howard Zucker in March 2020.
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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.