Nursing homes miss out on workers as green card process slows
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jun 28, 2023
Nursing facilities have lost more than 200,000 nurses and aides since the start of the pandemic, according to federal labor statistics. Some say foreign nurses waiting in the wings to fill those vacant...
Fixing inequities in long-term care workforce focus of new institute
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Feb 09, 2022
National advocacy group PHI announced the launch of the Direct Care Worker Equity Institute Tuesday to address issues of racism and gender injustice in long-term care.
Business briefs, June 12
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jun 12, 2023
Enlivant laying off 284 corporate employees … Brookdale reports May occupancy … Bassett Healthcare Network, Hartwick College launch joint nursing degree incentive program … CommuniCare, staffing...
Senior living coalition calls on Congress to address workforce crisis
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Oct 20, 2022
A coalition of senior living advocacy groups is calling on congressional leaders to build and train the workforce needed now — and into the future — to care for the nation’s rapidly growing aging...
Homeland Security to streamline I-9 verification process for employers
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jul 25, 2023
The US Citizenship and Immigration Services of the Department of Homeland Security is making changes that will allow employers to remotely verify employment eligibility for new and rehired workers.
Final rule takes aim at H-1B visa lottery, shifting to wage-based system
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jan 21, 2021
A Department of Homeland Security final rule set to go into effect March 9 will change the granting of specialty occupation visas from a random lottery to one based on wages.
Senior living gets reprieve as healthcare workers treating coronavirus patients are exempted from federal...
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jun 25, 2020
As the senior living industry continues its battle against COVID-19, industry leaders say they are thankful that a recent executive order from the president affecting immigration visas exempts healthcare...
USCIS increases immigration and naturalization fees for first time in 7 years
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Feb 01, 2024
Employers will pay higher fees to submit petitions for workers and to sponsor employees for permanent residence under a final rule published Tuesday by US Citizenship and Immigration Services.
Funding, unionization needed to improve wages, working conditions in long-term care: report
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jul 28, 2022
Expanding public funding, increasing the minimum wage and unionizing workers are the first steps toward improving wages and working conditions in the residential long-term care industry, according to the...
H2-B cap reached for immigration applications for second half of fiscal year
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 03, 2022
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has received enough petitions to meet the congressionally mandated H-2B cap for the second half of fiscal year 2022, the agency announced Tuesday. The visa program...