RN training would receive $1.2 billion boost under Senate bill
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Sep 18, 2023
Community colleges and universities would receive $1.2 billion in grants to boost the number of students enrolled in accredited, two-year registered nursing programs if a bill introduced into the Senate...
Policymakers, providers must take steps to prevent staff mass turnover, researchers say
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jan 29, 2024
Employment levels in the skilled nursing industry are lagging compared with other parts of the healthcare continuum, noted the authors of a study published Friday in the Journal of the American Medical...
Should US follow Canada’s example in addressing workforce woes?
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Feb 07, 2023
Canada is turning to immigration in a big way to fill jobs left unfilled by its citizens. Could there be a lesson for the United States? Immigration accounts for almost 100% of Canada’s labor force growth,...
‘Devastating consequences’: Worker shortages lead to facility closures
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Sep 09, 2021
Hiring and retaining direct care workers is a common challenge across the country, and according to one long-term care facility owner in Oklahoma, staff shortages are crippling the industry.
Millions of retirees return to work for financial, emotional reasons
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Sep 20, 2023
Many Amerians who chose to retire for one reason or another during the pandemic have returned to the workforce, according to a new report from global investment management firm T. Rowe Price. They could...
Connecticut’s personal care workers could see 26 percent raise in minimum wage
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 15, 2024
Personal care workers in Connecticut could receive a 26% raise in the minimum wage if the state General Assembly approves a three-year agreement reached between the Connecticut Personal Care Assistant...
Legislators introduce bill to retain nurses in Ohio
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Oct 03, 2023
Long-term care providers in Ohio appear to be left out of a newly introduced bill aimed at retaining nurses in the Buckeye State and alleviating some of the final burdens associated with earning a degree...
Feds add 35,000 visas to seasonal worker program
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Apr 05, 2022
An additional 35,000 H-2B worker visas will be available for the second half of fiscal year 2022, the departments of Labor and Homeland Security have announced.
Labor Department announces $137 million in job-training grants
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Feb 16, 2024
The Department of Labor last week announced $137 million in grant funding to support the entry of young people and formerly incarcerated individuals into the workforce.
Long-term care facilities face critical nursing shortage
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jul 07, 2021
Long-term care facilities everywhere are struggling with the dire effects of the nursing shortage.