ACT NOW: CNAs Need Affordable Health Insurance
January 30, 2025
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Tell your lawmakers to pass affordable health care for nursing home CNAs!
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NEWS: CNAs pressure company for fair contract
December 10, 2024
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I recently stumbled across an article about a bunch of CNAs who came together through a union to demand better wages, and it was pretty inspiring. It turns out that CNAs from five different nursing homes in New York recently gathered through their health care union to fight
NEWS: Less Than One-Third of U.S. Nursing Homes Have Enough CNAs on Staff – Report
July 18, 2024
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A couple days ago I saw an article in About Lawsuits that shared report findings on the current status of staffing ratios in nursing homes. According to the article, “only 30% met the certified nursing assistant (CNA) hour’s requirement, highlighting long-standing staffing retention issues in nursing homes and
NEWS: ‘A Mountain to Climb’: As Nursing Homes Foresee Difficulties Meeting New Staffing Rule, Enlarging Workforce Pool Is a Leading Challenge
June 17, 2024
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Skilled Nursing News released an article last week about the new federal staffing requirements. Apparently “only 160, or 1%, out of a total of 14,500 facilities will meet the new requirements as of the summer quarter of 2023. This indicates that a substantial majority of nursing homes are
Build community with us on Facebook!
May 3, 2024
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💜 Are you a CNA in search of community? 💜 Join us and over 1,000 other CNAs across Washington in our CNA Voices Facebook Group! Our virtual community is made up of over 1,000 CNAs and nursing home workers across the state! In our Facebook Group we share a safe
NEWS: Biden administration imposes first-ever staff minimum for nursing homes
April 29, 2024
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The Washington Post released an article last week that talks about the new federal staffing requirements for nursing homes. “The final rule, proposed in September, requires a registered nurse to be on-site in every skilled nursing facility for 24 hours a day, seven days a week. It mandates
Do NOT cut funding for CNAs!
March 8, 2024
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THANK YOU FOR ADVOCATING FOR CNAs! CNAs across Washington sent 530 emails to our lawmakers asking them to not cut nursing home funding! Stay tuned for the next time we send more!
NEWS: Nursing homes in Thurston County will need to increase staff levels to meet new federal standards
March 4, 2024
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JOLT News posted an article a couple months ago about the new staffing requirements for nursing homes. Currently, the 7 nursing homes in Thurston County do not meet the proposed staffing requirements on most days. On September 1, 2023, the Biden administration issued a proposal to establish comprehensive
NEWS: US nursing home workers face ‘catastrophic crisis’ of understaffing
November 21, 2023
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On November 7th, 2023 The Guardian published an article that spotlighted fellow CNA, Linda Long. “Most of the time, I want to cry when I see things and I can’t do any more than I can do,” said Long. “There are times when we have extra people and
NEWS: Hearts and Hands on the Line—The Case for Federal Staffing Standards in Long-Term Care
November 20, 2023
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A couple weeks ago on November 9th, 2023, Newsweek published an article spotlighting fellow CNA Shelly Hughes and the importance of passing the proposed rule for minimum staffing standards for long-term care facilities. “It’s time to break the cycle of underestimating and undervaluing the care our loved ones need