Nursing homes are shutting down. Nursing homes have struggled to attract workers for years, even before the pandemic. But the industry's workforce problems accelerated when the pandemic caused lockdowns, inflation and an ultra-tight job market in which workers became more selective about taking new jobs. Others quit staff positions to take higher-paying gigs with staffing agencies that charged homes up to three times the pre-COVID-19 rates. One industry group urged the Federal Trade Commission to investigate staffing agencies for price gouging. It's why nursing homes in big cities and small towns likely will continue to shut down, close wings, or scale back operations, experts say. Click the link in our bio for the full story.