The budget cuts to bedside care in Florida’s nursing homes, passed last year, have impacted thousands of nursing homes residents and nursing home workers. Staffing levels were reduced from a minimum weekly average of 2.9 hours of care per resident per day to 2.5 hours, which shortens the amount of time caregivers spend with residents by 18 minutes per day.
1199SEIU, New Jersey’s largest long-term-care union, has called upon the state legislature in Trenton to pass the marriage equality legislation proposed by lawmakers earlier this month.
Unions help working families fulfill their dreams in many different ways. At SEIU, this includes yearly college scholarship opportunities.
