and last updated 2021-07-09 19:24:14-04
CLEVELAND â Jill Herron, a third-generation nursing home administrator, faces an unpredictable dilemma in the midst of the current labor shortage. I never expected this, thereâs always been times where you have a few slots we needed to fill, but this is unprecedented, said Herron.
A June 2021 American Health Care Association survey found 94% of nursing home providers experienced staff shortages.
Herron is the owner and administrator of Welcome Nursing Home in Oberlin and said her staffing ebbs and flows. Our staffing isnât where we want it. Weâve been fortunate, weâve been able to still accommodate and still have good staffing ratios,â said Herron. But as we admit more residents, which weâre hoping to do, we need a stronger workforce to pull from.