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• “We believe the added specificity of this approach precludes facilities from making staffing decisions based solely on fiscal considerations without taking resident specific factors and needs into account. Further, the facility assessment is conducted at the facility level and it must be used in making staffing decisions, precluding staffing decisions from being made solely at a corporate level based on fiscal considerations and without taking facility- and resident specific factors into consideration. We believe this approach provides facilities adequate flexibility while still requiring that there be sufficient staff to care for residents.”
• Medical records.
• Binding arbitration agreements.
• A facility must not enter into a pre-dispute agreement for binding arbitration with any resident or resident’s representative nor require that a resident sign an arbitration agreement as a condition of admission to the LTC facility.
• Social worker. For homes with 120 residents. Adds gerontology as a field in which a bachelor’s degree is required.