Nation ‘Values of our society’: Nursing homes shut down, close wings amid COVID-19 staffing crunch April 18, 2022April 19, 2022 Ken Alltucker, USA TODAY Comments Off on ‘Values of our society’: Nursing homes shut down, close wings amid COVID-19 staffing crunch More than 300 nursing homes closed during the COVID-19 pandemic as worker shortage, money pressures mount. Other homes won't take new residents.