In its five-part “Failing the Frail” series, a PennLive investigation reveals the 18 most understaffed Pennsylvania nursing homes. The series includes an interactive map to search for staffing levels of individual nursing homes.

Based on PennLive’s analysis of 559 facilities, nursing homes in Pennsylvania provided residents with an average of only 3.6 hours of care per day, well below the minimum 4.1 hours recommended for safe care, although within Pennsylvania’s minimum staffing requirement of 2.7 hours of care per day. The analysis found 477 homes, or 85 percent, provided less than the recommended level. The analysis further found that 183 homes, or 33 percent, were dangerously understaffed because they provided less than 3.5 hours of care per day and, less than 32 minutes of care from registered nurses.…

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