Immigrant Staff in Nursing Homes: Mitigating Staffing Shortages During the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Summary: During the COVID-19 pandemic, nursing homes in the U.S. faced a huge problem: they did not have enough staff to care for the residents. Researchers wanted to know if having workers born in other countries (immigrants) helped solve this problem. They looked at records from many nursing homes and found that places with more immigrant nursing assistants kept more of their staff working during the pandemic. These homes also had fewer workers quit their jobs. This shows that immigrant workers are very loyal and help keep nursing homes running smoothly, especially during hard times.