Report | Trained Workers in Nursing Homes, a Requirement Since 1990, Threatened

When the Nursing Home Reform Law was enacted in 1987, half of the states did not require that nurse aides receive any training in how to do their jobs. One of the major changes mandated by the Reform Law was the requirement that every nurse aide be trained, with a minimum of 75 hours of training, and pass a state competency test before providing care to residents. Since the Reform Law was enacted 35 years ago, the nursing home trade associations have been relentless in their efforts to weaken the law so that facilities could train their aides with few, if any, limitations. Current challenges are the temporary nurse aide program and efforts to further weaken the limitations on facilities’ authority to conduct their own nurse aide training programs.

• Read the full report at https://medicareadvocacy.org/report-trained-workers-in-nursing-homes-a-requirement-since-1990-threatened/