What families need to know about a renewed debate over rules for nursing homes that sedate dementia patients.

Nursing home advocates came out swinging Tuesday, a day after a study asserting that facilities did not suffer significant closures or harm due to state staffing mandates was released.

When lawmakers in Virginia embraced the state’s first staffing minimums for nursing homes in 2023, they built in a fail-safe to prevent providers from facing dueling regulations. Should the federal ...