Bipartisan Senate bill aims to increase nurse training programs
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Sep 22, 2023
A bipartisan group of senators has introduced legislation meant to address the nursing shortage affecting healthcare providers and communities throughout the United States.
Brokerage employees working with senior living facilities accused of setting up captives, skimming
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 27, 2022
An Oregon insurance brokerage firm that serves senior living facilities is suing some former employees for allegedly moving existing partners’ insurance policies into captives for clients and then skimming...
Acts Retirement-Life, Mease Life consider affiliation
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Apr 06, 2023
Fort Washington, PA-based Acts Retirement–Life Communities and Mease Life of Dunedin, FL, have signed a letter of intent to explore a possible affiliation. A due diligence review has begun, and the companies...
Lawmakers introduce legislation aimed at bolstering wages, benefits for SNF workforce
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Aug 26, 2021
The Nursing Home Workforce Support and Expansion Act, introduced in the House of Representatives Tuesday, would help skilled nursing providers recruit and retain caregivers by helping to strengthen wages...
Biden administration asks Supreme Court for stay from injunctions against CMS vaccine mandate
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Dec 20, 2021
As lawsuits mount from multiple states, the Biden administration asked the Supreme Court Thursday to reinstate nationwide the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ emergency regulation mandating...
Mease Life affiliates with Acts Retirement–Life Communities
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Oct 04, 2023
Continuing care retirement community Mease Life of Dunedin, FL, and Fort Washington, PA-based Acts Retirement-Life Communities have finalized their affiliation after signing a letter of intent in April...
Labor Department extends comment period for OSHA vaccinate-or-test mandate
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Dec 01, 2021
The Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has extended until Jan. 19 the comment period for its COVID-19 vaccination and testing emergency temporary standard.
Cogeneration system harnesses power of clean energy for long-term care operator
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Feb 08, 2023
It takes a lot of energy to heat and cool Hebrew Home of Riverdale’s 32-acre campus on Hudson River in the Bronx, NY. When it came time to replace aging equipment — some buildings are well over 100...
Career pathway programs can mitigate workforce shortages: report
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jul 21, 2023
Some states are looking at developing career pathway programs as a strategy to address or mitigate workforce shortages in long-term care, according to a recent report from the National Conference of State...
$50 million philanthropic fund to focus public, policymakers on care infrastructure
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 13, 2021
The $50 million Care for All with Respect and Equity (CARE) Fund, launched through collaboration of eight leading philanthropic organizations, will seek to leverage increased public and policymaker attention...