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Nursing home leaders seek realistic payroll assumptions as committee weighs projects and levies
Summary
Nursing home management told the committee staffing shortages are constraining census and require contract nurses and overtime; the committee asked managers to bring a prioritized projects list and agreed to lower payroll assumptions from budgeted 100% toward a more realistic level.
The county nursing home director told the finance committee the facility is operating at about 64 residents because staffing limits prevent increasing census to the 70‑bed target. ‘‘We would need at least three full‑time nurses’’ to reach higher census levels, the director said, explaining the current reliance on contract nurses and overtime to fill shifts.
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