$3.1 million grant aims to fight long-term care nurse burnout
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Dec 05, 2022
Reducing nurse burnout in long-term care and other healthcare settings is the goal of a three-year, $3.1 million grant partnership between the United Health Foundation and the American Nurses Foundation,...
$90 million in DOL grants will support pre-apprenticeship training in healthcare, other fields
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Dec 01, 2022
The Department of Labor announced Wednesday $90 million in grants to support pre-apprenticeship training in healthcare and other high-demand industries.
Commission says investing in direct care workforce is top priority
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Nov 30, 2022
Higher wages and increased state funding are necessary to prioritize New Hampshire’s direct care workforce, according to industry advocates and experts.
Senior living and care facilities turn away older adults 11K times in 1 month due to workforce crisis:...
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Nov 28, 2022
Access to long-term care in Minnesota is in a “dangerous decline,” as evidenced by a recent survey revealing that older adults were turned away from assisted living communities and nursing homes 11,000...
Workforce, financial relief focus in ‘tumultuous period’ after midterms: Argentum
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Nov 18, 2022
The midterms ended in razor-thin results, and an upcoming “tumultuous period” with a divided Congress, but Argentum’s advocacy push remains on workforce improvements and financial relief for the...
$65 million assisted living program among federal funding priorities for industry coalition
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Nov 17, 2022
As Congress enters its lame duck session, a coalition of advocacy organizations including LeadingAge and AMDA–The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine is reinforcing its appropriations...
States need to step up with pandemic relief for senior living, Argentum tells governors
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Nov 16, 2022
It’s time for states to step up and provide more pandemic-related relief to senior living communities, Argentum President and CEO James Balda told the National Governors Association on Monday.
Physician groups ‘concerned’ about bill to expand nonphysicians’ scope of practice in SNFs
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Nov 15, 2022
Seventy-six medical associations have expressed their opposition to pending legislation that would expand nonphysician practitioners’ scope of practice, including in nursing homes.
Senior living coalition calls on Congress to address workforce crisis
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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...
Long-term care ‘still standing’ but in need of ‘reinforcements,’ LeadingAge chair says
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Oct 18, 2022
DENVER — Despite challenges from the COVID-19 pandemic, extreme weather and “cheap shots,” the long-term care sector is “still standing,” LeadingAge Board Chairman Mike King said during Monday’s...