Assisted living facilities face staffing crisis, new survey shows

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Staffing shortages continue to disrupt industries across the country and one hit particularly hard is assisted living.

According to a survey by the American Health Care Association, 87% of nursing homes are facing moderate to high staffing shortages, 99% rely on staff working overtime or taking extra shifts to keep running and 70% are hiring temporary staff.

With burnout and fatigue, many people are choosing to leave the industry for other careers.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/other/assisted-living-facilities-face-staffing-crisis-new-survey-shows/ar-AAYshYV

[kimbutgar]

1. I move seniors into assisted living facilities and the workers who assist the seniors have a lot of

Work on their hands. Changing diapers, feeding seniors with Alzheimer’s and trying to get them to bathe. I see them struggling with them all the time. One lady I loved have not bathed for over a month. The smell was overwhelming. It took 3 women to get her into the shower room and she was screaming the whole time. I’m in and out in one day and couldn’t do it as a full time job. I admire their strength.

[Midnight Writer]

2. Double their pay. They are worth it.

[Jirel]

3. There is no staffing crisis.

There IS a crisis of corporations making hefty profits by calculating how much they can neglect patients without losing their licenses, and massively underpaying staff.

There is also a lack-of-universal-healthcare problem along with the capitalism problem.

[inthewind21]

4. Bingo

[spooky3]

5. +1

[MichMan]

6. Pay $50 per hour and that problem goes away