Ohio Increases Nursing Home Staffing Requirements

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The Ohio Department of Health has issued draft rules which would increase the minimum staffing requirements for nursing homes to four hours per patient per day. The current rules do not set a standard number of hours of staffing per day, but identify the minimum number of nurses which should be on duty, and otherwise must have "sufficient additional personnel to provide adequate services and care at all times".

The Ohio Department of Health has issued draft rules which would increase the minimum staffing requirements for nursing homes to four hours per patient per day. The current rules do not set a standard number of hours of staffing per day, but identify the minimum number of nurses which should be on duty, and otherwise must have "sufficient additional personnel to provide adequate services and care at all times".