(Catholic Herald. John Lavenburg/Crux).
A national association of Catholic healthcare facilities in the US is “deeply concerned” that controversial new nurse staffing standards for long-term care facilities – implemented this week by the Biden administration – will actually harm nursing facilities and the residents they serve.
The Catholic Health Association (CHA), which includes the more than 2,200 Catholic hospitals, nursing homes, long-term care facilities, and related organisations, is the largest group of nonprofit health care providers in the nation. Every day, more than one in seven patients in the US is cared for in a Catholic hospital.