AI-enabled art app expanding to new regions, connects caregiving students with seniors in need
By
Aaron Dorman
Dec 15, 2023
A fast-growing healthcare tool, CareYaya, uses AI to link students to older adults in their area and now is offering art therapy tools.
Senior living in 2024: Volatility ahead argues for rethinking risk strategies
By
Gerald Stoll
Jordan Parnell
Dec 14, 2023
The pressures on the senior living sector only abated marginally in 2023, as operators tried to maintain their balance in a precarious business and economic environment. And any significant reversal in...
Federal government boosts support of HCBS, releases worker registry guidance
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Dec 13, 2023
When the American Rescue Plan Act was passed in 2021, home- and community-based services were estimated to receive $12 billion. Now, $37 billion is now being used for HCBS across the country in all 50...
New bill would overhaul nation’s workforce training and development system
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Dec 12, 2023
Reps. Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Bobby Scott (D-VA), chair and ranking member of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, respectively, recently introduced legislation aimed at overhauling the nation’s...
Healthcare workers more amenable to ‘softer, slower’ robot models joining the staff, study shows
By
Aaron Dorman
Dec 08, 2023
Robot models with “soft, flexible” parts and materials are viewed more favorably than their hard-body counterparts, a new study shows.
Support, data, immigration reform necessary to address caregiver workforce shortage
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Dec 08, 2023
Supportive environments to increase retention, domestic and immigration policy reform, and solid data-gathering measures are among the recommendations coming out of a new report addressing the direct care...
This robot comes with snacks: Delivery model is a stress reliever for busy staff, admin says
By
Aaron Dorman
Dec 06, 2023
Two mobile robot units introduced to LTC sites in Ohio have helped reduce the staff burden by delivering food and snacks to residents.
Business briefs, Dec. 4
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Dec 04, 2023
Congressional lawmakers consider competing bills with differing views on union rights … What a Cigna-Humana deal would mean … This state is facing a massive nursing home worker shortfall by 2026 …...
Third class of MA-Cs graduates from industry-sponsored program
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Nov 29, 2023
The Arkansas Health Care Association recently graduated its third cohort of students in its medication assistant–certified (MA-C) training program.
‘Joint employer’ rule will have ‘particularly negative impact on senior living,’ senators say
By
Lois A. Bowers
Nov 27, 2023
The National Labor Relations Board’s new “joint employer” rule will have a “particularly negative impact on senior living arrangements,” the top Republican member of the Senate Special Committee...