Opinion
A solid level of nursing home staffing
A patient gets help walking at a nursing home. (Photo: Photographee.eu, via Shutterstock) OPINION: If there were Olympic medals for the delivery of quality care in the state’s nursing homes, California would have just scored gold, silver and bronze in seven separate categories. That’s how the federal government ranks the care that is currently delivered – 24 hours a day – to 350,000 residents in skilled nursing facilities in California.