As stated, one of the reasons for the revision of the regulations is to provide greater protection for residents in care and reflect current standards of care. 

The number of residents in a room has not been proven to affect the protection or the care being offered.  Apparently, the size of the room met the regulations (at time of request) to be approved for the number of residents permitted in the room.

A test for the accuracy of this statement can be proven by the number of violations that have been cited as a result of having more than two residents per room. 

However, this new regulation would negatively affect the selling price of some smaller facilities.   

So, why are we revising a regulation that has not presented any problems?