The 120-bed Charlesgate Nursing Center in Providence in May announced plans to close. If the state does not intervene, it would be the sixth nursing home in Rhode Island to shut down since the pandemic began.
Historically low Medicaid reimbursement levels have left many facilities struggling financially for years.
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The pandemic has also strained staffing below mandated levels that have many nursing homes now bracing for massive state fines.
While state lawmakers are expected to provide some relief, the years of underfunding and chronic understaffing have industry leaders fearing more nursing homes will close. That could further strain overburdened, understaffed hospitals, they say.
Just to be clear, it isn’t RI’s so-called State leaders who would be providing the financial support. Instead, it would be the already overburdened RI taxpayers who would be picking up the tab for those folks who are not willing to care for their own parents.