New campaign aims to address ‘unprecedented workforce crisis’
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jan 12, 2023
Skilled nursing and assisted living operators are experiencing an “unprecedented workforce crisis,” American Health Care Association / National Center for Assisted Living President and CEO Mark Parkinson...
Senior living operator’s 4-day work week pilot results in significant jump in job applications
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Feb 02, 2023
When two Wisconsin senior living communities announced that they were participating in a four-day work week pilot, job applications jumped significantly and jobs that had been open for an extended period...
State vaccine mandates expected to send some home healthcare workers for the doors
By
Diane Eastabrook
Aug 20, 2021
As angry healthcare workers descended on Maine’s state house all week protesting a looming state COVID-19 vaccine mandate, Care & Comfort President and CEO Mike Stair worried about the toll the rule...
Congress spars over how to support the care economy
By
Diane Eastabrook
Jul 21, 2021
Support is building in Congress for providing funds for the care economy, but there appears to be a wide gulf between Democrats and Republicans on how to go about it
Senior living staffing crisis can be alleviated with employee-first culture: report
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jan 24, 2022
Adopting an employee-first philosophy is key to addressing the senior living staffing crisis, according to a report from a think tank of industry experts.
New online tool calls out best, worst states for caregiver policies, support
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jan 12, 2023
The top five states for direct care workers are Washington (No. 1), Rhode Island, Washington, DC, Maine and New Jersey, whereas the states with the “most opportunity for improvement” are Texas (No....
Report outlines ways to get more HCBS support
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Sep 20, 2022
Assisted living providers can glean best practices from a report outlining state efforts to support home- and community-based service workers using federal COVID-19 relief dollars, according to one of...
HCBS bill provides ‘sorely needed’ solutions to care choice, workforce issues
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Mar 10, 2023
A new bill seeking to expand and permanently fund home- and community-based service programs — including those provided in assisted living — is “exactly what’s needed” to begin to solve the...
Proposal aims to prevent temporary staffing agencies from ‘gouging’ long-term care providers
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Nov 16, 2021
Pennsylvania lawmakers plan to introduce legislation as early as this week to set maximum rates that temporary staffing agency personnel can charge, to end a practice of “gouging” the state Medicaid...
Senior living industry pitches immigration reform as partial solution to workforce crisis
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Dec 02, 2022
With the workforce crisis top of mind for most senior living and other long-term care providers, trade associations representing providers are making a last-minute push to float immigration reform to the...