Saturday, December 27, 2025

Senior Homes to Lose Requirement to Have RN on Duty

Beginning 2 Feb 2026, the federal requirement that nursing homes maintain a registered nurse on-site around the clock will no longer exist.

Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 02:30 PM | 27 COMMENTS | permalink

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A staffing crisis looms for nursing homes as the Trump administration's crackdown on immigration eliminates work authorization for immigrant employees who care for vulnerable seniors.

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A 24/7 nurse presence meant residents were less likely to be left in medical limbo while an overworked or undertrained staff member tried to decide whether something was "urgent." It meant quicker intervention for strokes, sepsis, respiratory failure and the countless complications that define elder care. It meant accountability in facilities where staffing has been a chronic problem for decades.

RNs are also trained to identify subtle but serious signs of decline in patients, unlike licensed practical nurses who can juggle medication rounds and assessments with little support.

This was a straightforward, common-sense rule created under the Biden administration.

As of 2 Dec 2025, that requirement has been repealed by Dummkopf Trumpf and Secretary of Health and Human Suffering, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. They argue that deregulation will "free" the industry. What it will actually free is more time with no medical professional present. The people who will pay that price are the residents who cannot care for themselves.

The for-profit American healthcare sector again benefits the business owners, not the patients.

#1 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2025-12-27 12:08 AM

They argue that deregulation will "free" the industry.

The nursing home industry? Free to do what?

#2 | Posted by REDIAL at 2025-12-27 12:31 AM

That's a scary thought.

#3 | Posted by LauraMohr at 2025-12-27 01:47 AM

The nursing home industry? Free to do what?
#2 | POSTED BY REDIAL

Cut costs and maximize profits.
Not called an "industry" for nothing.
Remember: "Corporations are people, my friend."
Land of the free, home of the brave.

#4 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2025-12-27 05:26 AM

Scary thought indeed Laura, and soon to be a reality for approximately 1.2 million senior Americans who reside in Medicare- and Medicaid-certified long-term care facilities.

According to HHS.gov, having a Registered Nurse (RN) on site 24/7 at senior homes was an administrative regulation, not a law passed by Congress. But Dummkopf Trumpf's "One Big Beautiful Bill" (BBB) seems to have also codified this into law.

The Republican War on the health of Americans continues, whether they are seniors, the poor, Veterans, homeless, or a combination thereof.

On Tuesday 5 Nov 2024, 77,303,568 Americans (49.8% of the eligible electorate) voted for this.

#5 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2025-12-27 05:50 AM

Make no mistake.

This is Donald Trump killing people.

The list of ways he murders keeps getting longer.

#6 | Posted by Zed at 2025-12-27 07:04 AM

Make no mistake.
This is Donald Trump killing people.
The list of ways he murders keeps getting longer.

#6 | Posted by Zed at 2025-12-27 07:04 AM | Reply | Flag: Sad, but true. This is called "Social Murder."

#7 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2025-12-27 07:11 AM

I suppose that's one way to resolve overworked hospice care RNs.

And since there's no nurses, we don't need nurse's assistants!

#8 | Posted by horstngraben at 2025-12-27 02:50 PM

Related ...

What Republicans think Trump is getting wrong about nurses
www.politico.com

... The bloc of moderate Republicans jousting with Speaker Mike Johnson on health care are turning their ire against new Trump administration student debt rules they fear will squeeze the nursing profession.

Tucked into the GOP's sweeping domestic policy bill this year was a provision that set lifetime borrowing caps for students working toward graduate and professional degrees. But when the Education Department ultimately decided this fall which professions would be eligible for the highest debt limits, it left nursing off the list.

While students pursuing professional degrees in 11 fields will be allowed to borrow up to the $200,000 cap set out by the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, those seeking graduate degrees in other fields are limited to $100,000 " a sum that no longer covers the cost of some advanced nursing programs.

...

Now, a group of swing-district Republicans who have frequently used the House's narrow margins to prod their own leadership, are angling to roll back the Education Department's decision. ...


#9 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-12-27 03:04 PM

DEATH TO MAGA

#10 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2025-12-27 03:07 PM

This sounds like death panels. I guess we need to kill off all these people that can't contribute to society.

#11 | Posted by rukiddin at 2025-12-28 08:47 AM

Sounds like Social Security payments aren't keeping up with inflation.

Everyone who took all the free money from COVID handouts are part of the problem. And now these same clowns ---- to keep handing subsidies out to pay for Obama Care's failures.

#12 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2025-12-28 09:16 AM

Obama Care's failures.

#12 | Posted by lfthndthrds

Now we are well into the Era of Trump's Failures and, by extension, yours.

I know how Donald lives with himself-he imagines himself as a god-like being in a world where everyone loves him.

But I don't see how you manage it.

#13 | Posted by Zed at 2025-12-28 09:47 AM

Trump had nothing to do with ACA, --------.

#14 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2025-12-28 09:50 AM

#12 If it is such a failure, Left Hind Turd, why is all of Washington (sans the Trump) trying to save it?

#15 | Posted by A_Friend at 2025-12-28 09:50 AM

#14 So much for The Buck Stops Here, right, Left Hind Turd?

#16 | Posted by A_Friend at 2025-12-28 09:51 AM

#12 Left Hind Turds says "Everyone who took all the free money from COVID handouts are part of the problem."

Indeed.

Payments to Ineligible Recipients: Billions were sent to individuals with suspicious emails, federal prisoners, people in multiple states, and more than $139 million to deceased individuals.

Celebrity and Wealthy Business Loans: Millions in Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) and other relief funds went to celebrities and large, thriving companies, including those owned by members of Congress. Examples include:

Lil Wayne and Chris Brown's companies, which allegedly spent relief funds on private jets, luxury clothing, and parties.

Companies linked to Tom Brady and Khloe Kardashian.

Wineries invested in by Rep. Devin Nunes, and dealerships owned by Rep. Roger Williams and Rep. Mike Kelly.

Misuse of Funds: Funds were used for extravagant personal purchases, such as a Ferrari, luxury hotel stays, and millions for general operating expenses without rehiring laid-off workers, as originally intended.

Foreign Recipients: Over $6.4 billion in U.S. pandemic funding was awarded to recipients in 177 foreign countries, with a significant portion going to large international institutions.

All compliments of the Trump 1.0 administration.

#17 | Posted by A_Friend at 2025-12-28 09:56 AM

Trump had nothing to do with ACA

#14 | Posted by lfthndthrds

He has everything to do with this moment in time.

What has always been strange is that, if Trump were just an old man living next door to people like you, you'd wonder why his family doesn't help him by getting psychiatric and other care.

You'd approve when they, at long last, put him into a home.

Now without an RN, of course.

#18 | Posted by Zed at 2025-12-28 10:37 AM

#18 I am sorry that I have just one Newsworthy flag for this post.

#19 | Posted by A_Friend at 2025-12-28 10:42 AM

Trump had nothing to do with ACA, --------.

#14 | POSTED BY LFTHNDTHRDS

BS

Trumpy has very much to do with the ACA.

Not the creation of the Affordable Care but the numerous attempts at destruction and sabotage of the ACA.

ways Trump has sabotaged the Affordable Care Act

Six

#20 | Posted by donnerboy at 2025-12-28 12:22 PM

Re 20

Article is 6 years old.

So there are even more ways today that he has attempted to sabotage the ACA since then.

#21 | Posted by donnerboy at 2025-12-28 12:23 PM

I know how Donald lives with himself-he imagines himself as a god-like being in a world where everyone loves him.

We were talking about this just the other day. Apparently Trumpy thinks he has conquered America. He is acting like a conqueror not a President. Putting his own name all over everything and trying to take credit for everything . We normally name things (there are some exceptions of course) after Presidents or famous people in memoriam. After they die.

We don't elect Conquerors in America.

No Kings!

History won't be kind.

#22 | Posted by donnerboy at 2025-12-28 02:13 PM

"Trump had nothing to do with ACA"

Tell us you don't know what you're talking about without using those specific words.

Here's some math for you:
Obamacare, minus the mandate, equals TrumpCare.

#23 | Posted by Danforth at 2025-12-28 02:17 PM

Welcome to the "concept of a plan."
No plan, other than casual, callous cruelty..
The Republican Party is now a yuuge death panel.

#24 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2025-12-29 06:05 AM

"Secretary of Health and Human Suffering, Robert F. Kennedy Jr."

Priceless, C0RI0LANUS.

#25 | Posted by Dbt2 at 2025-12-29 12:48 PM

"Parasitic capitalism got ya down?

Have you tried horse paste?"

#26 | Posted by redlightrobot at 2025-12-29 02:16 PM

When I think about medical costs determining people should just die I think about Jennifer Psaki laughing at reporters asking if free Covid tests were going to be sent to us poors.

#27 | Posted by redlightrobot at 2025-12-29 02:19 PM

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