Nursing Homes

The Nursing Home Quality Navigator is an online database that indexes federal and state data about Ohio’s hundreds of long-term care facilities.

The new funding would be from the state's general revenue funds along with a federal match.

The nursing homes say they need $600 million of money allocated for COVID costs plus some ongoing funding changes to make ends meet.

Financial pressures and staff shortages may lead to more nursing home closures if something isn't done to fix the industry, officials say. The historic Eliza Bryant Village nursing home in Cleveland is slated to close in June of 2022. Residents say it will be a blow to the Hough neighborhood when it closes, although the assisted living and other services will remain open.

Like Ohio’s hospitals, the lobby group for nursing homes reports many of those in the Buckeye State are short-staffed due to the surge in COVID cases.

Lawmakers return from the Thanksgiving break but there are some big issues waiting for them, which includes creating a plan to spend hundreds of millions of dollars in federal funds.

Families, advocates, and nursing home workers say the bill will help keep residents safe and help employees better care for those who live in their facilities.

The Biden administration is going to require all nursing homes that receive federal funds to have their workers vaccinated by January 4th.

The lobbying group for Ohio's nursing homes is warning that a new requirement that staff be vaccinated will have unintended consequences.

A proposed constitutional amendment that would establish minimum staffing levels for care for Ohio’s nursing homes is one step closer to making the ballot.