If the money is not restored by the Legislature, the New York Association of Homes and Services for the Aging warned, several nursing homes could close because they will be unable to attract enough workers.

Carl S. Young, president of the New York Association of Homes and Services for the Aging, said the fundamental problem was that the ambulettes had a monopoly.

The survey, by the New York Association of Homes and Services for the Aging, found high turnover rates and strained budgets among nursing homes, despite efforts to attract nurses and aides.

He also helped form the New York State Association of Homes and Services for the Aging.

A nursing home industry group, the New York Association of Homes and Services for the Aging, has responded coolly to such proposed requirements, arguing that there is no money to pay for more workers.

The cost of providing child care in an institutional setting isn't high, said Mrs. Forrest, a board member of the New Jersey Association of Nonprofit Homes and Services for the Aged.

"They are misrepresenting us," said Carl S. Young, president of the New York Association of Homes and Services for the Aging.

Carl S. Young, the president of the New York Association of Homes and Services for the Aging, said the inspectors were not perfect.

Carl S. Young, president of the New York Association of Homes and Services for the Aging, said such cuts will almost certainly put some of the state's 630 nursing homes out of business.

Carl Young, the president of the New York Association of Homes and Services for the Aging, which includes more than 300 nursing homes, acknowledged the need for more workers.