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Just about everyone in America has a loved one in a nursing home, knows someone who works in a nursing home, or recognizes that they may need nursing home care in the future—even if just temporarily.

But understaffed nursing homes put the health and safety of both residents and workers at risk.

Tell the Department of Health and Human Services: We need safe staffing now!

Deadline to Submit: Nov. 6, 2023

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Add your voice to support safe staffing

The Biden administration has proposed a historic new rule that would establish a minimum staffing standard in nursing homes for the first time. The nursing home industry is spending big to prevent this rule from being finalized.

We need your help to make sure we have a strong safe staffing standard. Submit your comments supporting a strong rule by Nov. 6, 2023. 

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This is easy but so critical: Tell us about a time when staffing levels put you, your family members or residents at risk of harm or otherwise impacted care. 

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