nursing home understaffing<\/a> and the development of bed sores and serious infections among patients. Dehydration, too, becomes increasingly likely when nursing homes and assisted living facilities do not have adequate staff.<\/p>\nJust how understaffed are the nation\u2019s nursing homes? Federal standards dictate that patients must get at least two hours a day of care from nurse\u2019s aides, among related stipulations, but more than half of the nation\u2019s nursing homes do not meet this standard. Patients are also, per guidelines, supposed to receive more than 30 minutes of daily care from registered nurses, but more than 30 percent of American nursing homes do not meet this standard, either.<\/p>\n
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