Effect of Hurricane Irma on daily direct-care nurse staffing in nursing homes.

Dylan J JesterKali S ThomasLindsay J PetersonDavid M DosaRoss AndelKathryn Hyer

Published in: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (2021)

NHs face unprecedented challenges during hurricanes, including maintaining adequate direct-care nurse staffing levels to meet the needs of their residents. NHs that evacuated residents had an increase in direct-care nurse staffing that was greater than that seen in NHs that sheltered-in-place.

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