An analysis released this month from public policy group KFF indicates that less than a third of the nursing homes in the US would come close to meeting the proposed federal guidelines for minimum staffing requirements.
According to the study, only 29% of skilled nursing facilities would meet the mandate for 4.1 hours per day of direct care nursing time per patient (known in the industry as HPRD), and less than half (45%) said they could meet a standard of 3.5 hours per day.
KFF reported that most nursing homes said they have adequate staff to accommodate a standard of 2.5 hours per day of HPRD, while 85% said they could handle a mandate of three hours per day of direct care.
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