SEIU Healthcare PA organized a strike on May 4, 2022, to protest staffing standards in Pennsylvania nursing homes. Nearly 2,000 nursing home workers from across the state rallied outside their facilities to demand better staffing standards. Philadelphia nurse understaffing attorneys stand behind these outraged workers and support their push for better staffing standards.

Survey data gathered by the union demonstrates that 96% of nursing home workers in the state say they don’t have the staffing necessary to provide the quality of care they would like to residents.

A nursing home LPN from Oil City participating in the protest stated, “For years, we’ve watched staffing decline and budgets cut…..that just perpetuates the short staffing and makes it even harder on our residents.”  SEIU Healthcare Pennsylvania president Matthew Yarnell said, “Whether it’s unanswered call bells, developing bed sores from lack of movement or getting cold food, nursing home staff don’t have time to do the basics, let alone give residents the attention and time they deserve. 

Nursing homes throughout Pennsylvania fail to provide safe staffing levels for their residents, according to Philadelphia nurse understaffing attorneys. Currently, many workers care for 20 or more residents on a shift, resulting in a lack of care and attention. Lower staffing also leads to an increased risk of pressure ulcers, falls with injury, and medical complications.