Housing costs a burden long-term care workers, residents: experts
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jul 15, 2021
A chasm exists between personal care aides’ and nursing assistants’ earned wage and their housing wage, and the shortage of affordable housing for older adults is even worse, according to a new report...
Medicaid block grants will help address ‘looming cost crisis’ due to aging population, CMS says
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jan 31, 2020
The Medicaid block grant program announced Thursday by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services won’t directly affect elderly and disabled beneficiaries, CMS Administrative Seema Verma said, but...
Providers continue to face workforce challenges as Careers in Aging Week arrives
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 27, 2023
The long-term care industry is celebrating frontline workers this week during Careers in Aging Week as they continue to face workforce shortages.
Communication, documentation key in COVID litigation defense, legal experts say
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Oct 28, 2022
COVID-19 continues to challenge senior living and other long-term care providers on various levels. But the message from the legal field remains consistent: communicate and document.
Medicaid Access Rule review completed by White House
By
Lois A. Bowers
Apr 16, 2024
A proposed federal rule establishing mandatory quality measures for home- and community-based services and requiring providers to allocate 80% of HCBS payments to direct care worker pay is one step closer...
Get more direct input from seniors for tech aimed at them, researcher argues
By
Aaron Dorman
Sep 13, 2023
Technology aimed at seniors could use more input from seniors themselves, developers of a new app, “Let’s Talk Tech,” argue.
Workforce training program being evaluated by LeadingAge LTSS Center
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Aug 08, 2023
The LeadingAge LTSS Center @UMass Boston has been selected to evaluate the three-year Gateway-In Project, a workforce training initiative designed by LeadingAge California.
A new day in the battle against COVID
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jan 20, 2021
We all can agree that we’d like to see an end to the illness and death caused by the coronavirus. We’d like families and residents to be able to hug one another again. We’d like to stop having to...
The future of nursing homes lies in a community hub model: expert
By
Amy Novotney
Apr 09, 2021
To remain financially viable in a post-COVID world, nursing homes need to think more broadly and consider ways that they can serve as a hub for other aging services. That’s the message presented to the...
LeadingAge CA seeks new leader
By
Lois A. Bowers
Dec 09, 2015
The third-largest LeadingAge state affiliate is seeking a new president and CEO in the wake of the news that current LeadingAge California President and CEO Joanne Handy plans to retire in 2016.