NCAL, Argentum tell OSHA: COVID-19 healthcare rule could compound senior living financial, workforce...
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 28, 2022
Senior living industry leaders brought their concerns about a proposed federal COVID-19 healthcare rule to the table on Wednesday in testimony reiterating their opposition to broad requirements that they...
OSHA’s proposed COVID-19 healthcare rule ‘over prescriptive,’ confusing, industry leaders say
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 26, 2022
A proposed federal COVID-19 healthcare rule is “overly prescriptive” and creates confusion, according to senior living industry leaders.
Providers must work together to solve workforce issues: PHI
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 12, 2022
A public education campaign would improve the public’s understanding of the direct care workforce, help recruit more workers, empower those workers to tell their own stories and publicly recognize this...
Providers, associations must work together to ease workforce woes: PHI
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Apr 12, 2022
Long-term care providers and advocacy groups must work with state officials to ease workforce woes via targeted policies, according to a report from PHI.
Streamlined wage determination process could help address workforce crisis
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 08, 2022
A more streamlined wage determination process for nurses will help the long-term care industry address a historic workforce crisis, according to industry experts.
‘Job-killer’ bill would tie employers’ hands during states of emergency
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Mar 28, 2022
A proposed California bill is being called a “job killer” for allowing employees to walk off the job — or not show up at all — if they feel unsafe at work during a state of emergency.
Unprecedented global crisis brought out best in SNF caregivers, report finds
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 28, 2022
Nursing home caregivers went beyond normal expectations throughout the unprecedented global crisis brought on by the coronavirus, asserts a new report from the American Health Care
Pandemic crisis ‘far from over’ in senior living, Argentum tells White House
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Mar 25, 2022
While the nation turns the page on the crisis stage of the COVID-19 pandemic, Argentum is asking the Biden administration to redouble its efforts to help vulnerable older adults and their frontline caregivers.
OSHA accepting new comments on healthcare worker COVID-19 protection rule
By
Lois A. Bowers
Mar 23, 2022
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is accepting additional comments as it works to establish a final rule meant to protect assisted living and other healthcare workers from exposure to COVID-19...
Healthcare professionals’ mental health, job satisfaction focus of new law
By
Lois A. Bowers
Mar 22, 2022
A bipartisan bill signed into law Friday by President Biden aims to reduce and prevent suicide, burnout, and mental and behavioral health conditions among healthcare professionals.