Minnesota has a plan to turn around nursing homes’ staffing crisis. Nursing home operators say it’s a death knell.

Minnesota has a plan to turn around nursing homes’ staffing crisis. Nursing home operators say it’s a death knell.

A woman sits on the window sill at the Maplewood Rehabilitation Center nursing home on Thursday, Oct. 2, 2025, in Maplewood. Photo by Ellen Schmidt/MinnPost/CatchLight Local/Report for America Editor’s note: This story is part one of a MinnPost series by Matthew Blake on Minnesota’s efforts to stabilize its nursing home workforce – a sector long challenged by high turnover. Vikki Knigge begins her workday at 10 p.m.  A licensed practical nurse,…