In the United States, a multi-billion-dollar industry employs nurses and nursing assistants to provide long-term care in facilities such as nursing homes, residential care facilities, and home health agencies. A new study has examined how these facilities—some of which have residents receiving care from more than 40 different nursing assistants in a month—should assign workers to resident groups on each shift to maximize the consistency of care.
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