Provider opens mall-based recruitment and training center
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jun 28, 2022
Gerry, NY-based senior living and care provider Heritage Ministries has taken the proverbial bull by the horns and is addressing its workforce shortage head on with a recruitment and training program set...
$25 million grant will boost long-term care workforce pipeline in California
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jun 28, 2022
LeadingAge California will use a $25 million grant from the California Health and Human Services Department to help expand the association’s efforts to bolster the long-term care workforce pipeline via...
Aging population requires ‘bold leadership’ to protect human dignity: LeadingAge to House Speaker
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Dec 11, 2023
The growing population of older adults requires “bold leadership” to ensure aging with dignity, as well as access to care and support, according to an open letter from LeadingAge to Speaker of the...
CMS proposes ‘universal’ quality measures to ease provider burden, confusion
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Lois A. Bowers
Feb 06, 2023
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services leaders are proposing the creation of a “universal foundation” of quality measures to reduce the reporting burden and confusion for providers and better align...
Census limited as more than 12,000 assisted living positions go unfilled in Minnesota
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Lois A. Bowers
Oct 11, 2021
More than 12,000 positions in Minnesota assisted living communities are unfilled, with almost a third of assisted living providers reporting that they are limiting census due to staffing levels, according...
This long-term care provider says no vaccine is required for new hires
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Sep 28, 2021
Carefree Cottages, an independent and assisted living community in Maplewood, MN, decided to entice new workers by not requiring COVID-19 vaccination as a condition of employment.
Provider groups applaud millions in proposed investments in older adults but say plans fall short
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Feb 08, 2024
A proposed $11.7 million investment in Pennsylvania’s master plan on aging is being celebrated by leaders in the senior living industry for prioritizing the needs of older adults, but experts expressed...
Assisted living could receive part of $40 million meant to address workforce challenges
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Aug 30, 2022
Healthcare workforce challenges have prompted two Oregon state agencies to ask lawmakers to provide $40 million in additional funding to alleviate financial burdens among senior living and other long-term...
ARPA funds still weeks away for assisted living, personal care providers
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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...
Assisted living represents savings opportunities, provider group tells Congress
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jan 25, 2023
Assisted living provides a value proposition that could reduce federal spending and improve quality of life for older adults, Argentum President and CEO James Balda said in a letter this week to congressional...