Florida’s Nursing Home Caregiver Levels Just Meet U.S. Standards
Sunday, January 7th, 2007.
Lakeland, FL - A promise made by the Florida Legislature in 2001 to raise basic care for nursing home residents to 2.9 hours per day finally is reality….
…[state Sen. Nancy Argenziano, R-Dunnellon] said the staffing levels should have been bumped to 2.9hours five years ago when Senate Bill 1202 became law.
“They should have done it immediately,” Argenziano said.
At the time, nursing home providers were required to give only 1.7 hours per day of care from certified nursing assistants, who assist nursing home patients with feeding, bathing, personal hygiene and other daily tasks.
Senate Bill 1202 called for incremental spikes in CNA care, beginning with 2.3 hours per day and ending at 2.9 by 2004.
But it stayed at 2.6 until this year.
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