Nursing Home Staffing Levels Are Inadequate in Chicago
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Serial Number
Levin Center Identifier
OR.107.1
Document Date
2001-01-16
Report Length
16 pages
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Policy Agendas Project Minor Code
Additional, Minority, Dissenting Views
Report Type
Found Using Methodology
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Brief Executive Summary
The Committee on Government Reform investigated nursing home conditions in Chicago following the release of a previous report indicating that 80% of nursing homes did not meet federal health and safety standards. This report found that 84% of nursing homes that serve more than 35,000 residents in Chicago did not meet the minimum staffing level. The investigation found that inadequate staffing was correlated with poor living conditions and that the nursing homes that failed to meet minimum requirements were issued, on average, 60% more health and safety violations.