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1199SEIU Caregivers Launch Statewide Campaign For Improved Staffing, Protections, Pay To Help Solve Care Crisis In Florida Nursing Homes

MIAMI – Members of 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East, Florida’s largest union of healthcare workers, have launched an intensive contract

Statement from Margarette Nerette Of 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East On Biden Administration’s New Standards To Ensure Quality Nursing Home Care

“The members of 1199SEIU Florida approve and applaud the Biden Administration’s new proposed standards to better ensure quality care and

Medicare and Medicaid Programs: Minimum Staffing Standards for Long-Term Care Facilities and Medicaid Institutional Payment Transparency Reporting (CMS 3442-P)

On September 1, 2023, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued the Minimum Staffing Standards for Long-Term Care

ALL Healthcare Workers Deserve a $15 Minimum Wage

Nursing homes and hospitals that receive Medicaid money should have begun implementing a $15 minimum wage for all nursing home

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Sun Sentinel: Budget deal gives nursing homes lower staffing mandates

By Aaron Deslatte May 5,

PRESS RELEASE: Concerned Caregivers Petition Florida Nursing Home Operators to Maintain Safe Staffing Despite Roll Back of Landmark Law

Miami, FL – On behalf of nursing home residents, caregivers in 40 nursing homes in Florida today announced the delivery of 3,000 workers’ signatures to nursing home administrators urging them to keep bedside safe staffing levels in place and ignore the roll-back passed by the Florida Legislature. The proposed roll-back, which poses a serious threat to the health and safety of elderly and disabled nursing home residents, will be implemented when the state’s 2011-2012 budget takes effect July 1.

Associated Press: Groups call on nursing homes to maintain staffing

June 29, 2011 MIAMI —

1199SEIU Caregivers Launch Statewide Campaign For Improved Staffing, Protections, Pay To Help Solve Care Crisis In Florida Nursing Homes

MIAMI – Members of 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East, Florida’s largest union of healthcare workers, have launched an intensive contract campaign calling for improved wages, protections and safer staffing levels for patients and caregivers that would help solve the ongoing care crisis in nursing homes across the state. Contracts between