NCAL joins other groups to support immigration bill that would recapture unused visas
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Mar 04, 2024
The National Center for Assisted Living has joined other groups in backing a proposed immigration bill that seeks to reissue unused visas to healthcare professionals.
Homeland Security says proposed rule for temporary foreign workers will help employers
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Sep 21, 2023
The Department of Homeland Security said that a proposed rule published Wednesday in the Federal Register will “modernize and improve” regulations related to the H-2B temporary nonagricultural worker...
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Dec 13, 2016
Assisted living workforce shortage linked to tough job, low pay … Telehealth program allows remote rehab… Maintenance worker enters not guilty plea in Oxycodone theft case… Bristol-Myers...
Providers look to AI to solve staffing shortages
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Christine Birkner
May 30, 2023
AI is key to helping with healthcare’s continued staffing shortage, according to a report by Kaufman Hall.
COVID-19 supplemental payments can’t solve ‘fragile state’ of direct care workforce, groups say
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
May 02, 2023
Some assisted living and other long-term care providers in Maine will be receiving a share of $25 million to help their continued recovery from the pandemic, just as a report announces that the state’s...
ICT leads the way in tech investments, survey finds
By
John O'Connor
Jul 25, 2024
Where are senior living organizations making their most pronounced technology spend? Information and communication technology infrastructure leads the way.
Workforce challenges threaten service delivery for PACE participants: Altarum
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Feb 07, 2023
Workforce challenges threaten to complicate service delivery for Program for All Inclusive-Care for the Elderly participants, according to the results of the second and final Altarum PACE Pandemic Response...
Business briefs, Nov. 19
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Nov 19, 2021
Atria, Holiday top list as 439 senior living communities named ‘Caring Stars of 2022’ … Florida lawmakers pass bill restricting vaccine mandates … Argentum joins Pennsylvania Assisted Living...
Building trust, workforce, choice part of Argentum’s strategic planning process
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
May 17, 2022
With an eye toward lessons learned over the past two years, Argentum is working on a strategic plan for an industry seeking to build trust while tackling the challenges of workforce shortages, inflationary...
With 100 percent employee raises and vax rate, provider creates custom plan to keep, promote staff
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Nov 15, 2021
As senior living communities struggle to recruit and retain competent staff members amid a historical workforce shortage, a Pittsburgh-based provider is using a professional development program to provide...