Long-term care workforce shortages worst in all of healthcare, provider groups say as Senate committee...
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Feb 17, 2023
Healthcare workforce shortages were front and center at Thursday’s Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing, and senior living industry advocates made their voices heard.
Long-term care industry brings workforce shortage issue to Senate committee
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Feb 17, 2023
“A shortage of healthcare personnel was a problem before the pandemic, and now it has gotten worse,” Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee Chairman Bernie Sanders (I-VT) said Thursday...
ARPA funds still weeks away for assisted living, personal care providers
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Feb 14, 2023
Assisted living residences and personal care homes will have to wait a little longer for American Rescue Plan Act payments to be distributed under Pennsylvania’s Act 54 of 2022. The payments have been...
Workforce issues a theme of State of the Union address and industry reaction to it
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Feb 09, 2023
Several workforce issues were part of President Biden’s State of the Union address on Tuesday — as well as long-term care industry reaction to the speech. The talk comes at a time when long-term care...
Assisted living benefits hold steady, while sign-on bonuses lose luster
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jan 27, 2023
Most respondents to a new assisted living salary and benefits survey indicated that they provide fringe benefits to employees, although the size of and eligibility for those benefits varies widely by region.
Business briefs, Jan. 27
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jan 27, 2023
Attorney general asks Good Samaritan, Ebenezer parent organizations to delay merger … Senior living tech investment returns to ‘normal priorities’: Ziegler … Operation Nightingale: HHS-OIG charges...
After being “dismantled” under the previous administration, a proposed affirmative fair housing rule was released by the federal government on Thursday to “remedy the effects of housing discrimination.”
Solving ‘unprecedented workforce crisis’ is focus of new AHCA/NCAL campaign
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jan 12, 2023
An “unprecedented workforce crisis” is the backdrop for a national campaign launched by the American Health Care Association / National Center for Assisted Living on Wednesday to educate job-seekers...
Workplace requirements a strong tool to reduce COVID-19 risk: expert
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jan 12, 2023
Workplace requirements are one of the strongest tools for changing behaviors, especially when it comes to COVID-19 vaccinations and masking, according to a cognitive psychologist who spoke Wednesday during...
COVID-19 healthcare standards must reflect current stage of pandemic, industry group says
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jan 06, 2023
As the federal government mulls a forthcoming final healthcare standard on COVID-19, one senior living advocacy group is pushing for consistent protocols that recognize the current stage of the pandemic.