Why Nursing Home Residents Still Suffer Despite Tough State Laws
Briefly

An acute shortage of nurses and aides in the nation's nearly 15,000 nursing homes is at the root of many of the most disturbing shortfalls in care for the 1.2 million Americans who live in them.
California, Florida, Massachusetts, New York, and Rhode Island mandate the highest minimum hours of care per resident, but many nursing homes operate with fewer workers than required, with regulators' permission or no consequences.
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