November 13, 2025 — The Long Term Care Community Coalition (LTCCC) has launched a Nursing Home Staffing Resource Center, a one-stop hub for data tools and practical guides that help the public and stakeholders determine whether facilities are staffing to residents’ needs.

Why it matters: Staffing drives safety, dignity, and outcomes. Though nursing homes are required – and paid – to provide sufficient staffing, too many flout this requirement to maximize profits. Since 2017, LTCCC has provided the public with staffing information for every nursing home (in compliance with federal reporting requirements). Starting in 2025, LTCCC’s quarterly reports translate federal data into Expected Staffing: evidence-based calculations of the time needed to meet residents’ clinical needs. Users can now easily compare each home’s Actual vs. Expected Staffing and identify gaps, which may indicate substandard care, neglect, or fraud. The new guides provide step-by-step instructions for accessing and using these data to support improvement and accountability.

What’s new:

  • Nursing Home Staffing Resource Center — One stop access point for staffing data, related fact sheets and research, and guides.
  • Guide for Residents & Families — Plain-language steps to find your facility, assess Actual vs. Expected staffing, spot weekend dips, and raise concerns effectively.
  • Guide for Long-Term Care Ombudsmen — How to use Expected Staffing with complaints, resident-centered problem solving, and policy advocacy.
  • Guide for State & Federal Legislators — A concise, data-driven resource to help lawmakers understand staffing requirements, evaluate facility performance using Expected Staffing, and identify opportunities for effective oversight and policymaking.
  • Guide for Attorneys — Practical playbook for case development: using Reported and Expected Staffing data, mapping federal requirements, spotting red-flag patterns, and leveraging targeted discovery checklists.
  • Study: Nursing Home Guide to Adjusting Nurse Staffing for Resident Case-Mix — Peer-reviewed study published in the Journal of the American Geriatric Society which provides the methodology for calculating Expected Staffing and a guide for nursing homes, suitable for use in their mandatory facility assessments.

Who should use this: Residents and families, resident and family councils, LTC Ombudsman Programs, attorneys, journalists, and policymakers covering long-term care.

About LTCCC: The Long Term Care Community Coalition is a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the quality of care, quality of life, and dignity of people in nursing homes and assisted living through policy analysis, data transparency, public education, and advocacy.