The Louisiana Legislature is considering a bill that would make it harder to hold irresponsible nursing home managers ...

“That means that nursing home owners and operators can just treat these penalties which were designed theoretically to deter bad behavior, as just a cost of doing business. “It’s cheaper to ...

“I dealt with the bad nursing homes. I am sure there’s plenty of ... several issues during his stay. “Went into his room, he had feces, and he had urine on him... My dad would ask to go ...

The impact the staffing shortages have had on care is "bad," Clarke ... and "you go in their room and they're on the floor." McIntosh calls CNAs the "backbone" of nursing homes.

Staffing shortages are so bad nursing homes do not have enough staff to care ... Some incoming hospital patients are left in beds in emergency room hallways for hours, even days, due to backlogs.