Tennessee nursing homes' patient care may rise (Knoxville N
Tennessee nursing homes' patient care may rise (Knoxville News Sentinel)

Tennessee could soon have the highest standard of nursing home care in the country if some lawmakers and advocates succeed in doubling the hours of attention that residents get each day.But cost could be a significant barrier to the proposal before the legislature, which would require four hours a day of care for each patient instead of two.Nursing home costs would jump by $93 million a year ...