Lawmakers Want To Improve Ratio of Aides to Patients in NJ Nursing Homes
New Jersey nursing homes would be required to hire scores of additional certified aides to help residents bathe, dress and get around, under legislation designed to improve care and safety for some of the state’s most vulnerable seniors and institutionalized residents.
The Assembly Human Services Committee approved a bill to establish specific staff-to-patient ratios yesterday over the cheers of certified nursing aides, the front-line workers who provide much of the daily nonmedical care for nursing home residents, and other healthcare advocates. Read the full story here…
