{"id":36182,"date":"2021-11-23T00:14:52","date_gmt":"2021-11-23T00:14:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/uncategorized\/2021\/11\/23\/minnesota-national-guard-to-reinforce-nursing-home-staffs\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T02:39:28","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T02:39:28","slug":"minnesota-national-guard-to-reinforce-nursing-home-staffs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/news\/your-air-force\/2021\/11\/23\/minnesota-national-guard-to-reinforce-nursing-home-staffs\/","title":{"rendered":"Minnesota National Guard to reinforce nursing home staffs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">MINNEAPOLIS (AP) \u2014 The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2021\/04\/23\/minnesota-national-guard-walks-a-fine-line-on-minneapolis-streets\/\" target=\"_blank\">Minnesota National Guard<\/a> will deploy 400 members to reinforce nursing staffs at long-term care facilities that have been struggling with severe personnel shortages amid the surge in COVID-19 cases, Gov. Tim Walz announced Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The governor also proposed using $50 million in unspent federal coronavirus relief funding to help these facilities hire and retain staff. Approval is needed from a legislative commission that\u2019s reviewing the request.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 400 Guard members will start training as certified nursing assistants and as temporary nursing aides over the next week, the governor\u2019s office said. Selected facilities will receive Guard teams for up to three weeks at a time.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/your-military\/2021\/11\/17\/other-states-hesitant-to-defy-guards-covid-vaccine-mandate-like-oklahoma\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/vax.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Other states hesitant to defy Guard\u2019s COVID vaccine mandate like Oklahoma<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Several states confirmed that they have not implemented policies similar to Oklahoma&#039;s, nor do they have plans to do so.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cOur long-term care facilities are facing an all-hands-on-deck moment, and that\u2019s why we are taking unprecedented action to support skilled nursing workers, residents and patients,\u201d Walz said in a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The reinforcements from the Guard follow the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/coronavirus-pandemic-health-europe-st-cloud-helsinki-1617a75395447f671d56caed55645bde\">governor\u2019s announcement last week that the Department of Defense will send medical teams to two major Minnesota hospitals<\/a>&nbsp;to relieve doctors and nurses who are swamped by the growing wave of COVID-19 patients. The teams are expected to begin treating patients at Hennepin County Medical Center and St. Cloud Hospital this week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Minnesota is currently&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/coronavirus-pandemic-health-education-minnesota-4c547c72067961fd9ba9f2d2870ce778\">one of the country\u2019s worst hotspots<\/a>&nbsp;for new COVID-19 infections. Hospital beds are filling up with unvaccinated people, and staffers are being worn down by the surge. The staffing shortages at skilled nursing facilities are making it hard for many hospitals to find places for patients who no longer need acute care but aren\u2019t ready to go home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe are facing unprecedented, record-level workforce shortages in long-term care communities across our state,\u201d Patti Cullen, president and CEO of the industry group Care Providers of Minnesota, said in Walz\u2019s statement. \u201cThe actions the Governor is taking today will provide emergency staffing assistance to the exhausted professional caregivers who have been on the frontlines for over 20 months, and we are so appreciative for this much-needed good news.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gayle Kvenvold, president and CEO of LeadingAge Minnesota, another industry group, said the state currently has 23,000 open long-term caregiver positions, and that providers can\u2019t fix the shortage by themselves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe are grateful for these emergency actions and the collaborative efforts they represent. 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