Database Shows Staffing, Pay Levels at Nursing Homes
As part of its investigation into staffing at California's nursing homes, California Watch has set up an online database showing which facilities cut staff or lowered wages. The investigation showed that despite a 2004 state law that gave nursing homes $880 million to hire more staff members and increase pay, 232 facilities reduced staffing, paid lower wages or allowed staffing levels to dip below the mandated minimum.
- "Information Available on East Bay Nursing Homes" (Kleffman, Contra Costa Times, 4/20).