Ageism is barrier to re-entering workforce, retirees say
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Sep 14, 2022
Due to inflation, a third of America’s retirees have at least considered returning to work, and 14% of current retirees say that they are open to or actively looking for work. Unfortunately, 43% of retirees...
New program aims to improve long-term care vaccination rates, care by building trust
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Sep 13, 2022
Providers of skilled nursing and assisted living need to develop trust-building skills and practices to continue to increase vaccine uptake and staff member retention as well as improve infection prevention...
H-1B visa cap reached for fiscal year 2023
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Aug 24, 2022
US Citizenship and Immigration Services has reached the cap for the congressionally mandated 65,000 H-1B visa regular cap and the 20,000 H-1B visa US advanced degree exemption, known as the master’s...
Actions & Transactions, Aug. 23
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Aug 23, 2022
Nez Perce tribe receives $1M grant for assisted living, acute care facility … Walker & Dunlop structures $57.6M in HUD-insured loans for 3 IL SNFs
Actions & Transactions, Aug. 22
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Aug 22, 2022
Evans Senior Investments arranges $38.2M sale of 2 MI senior living communities … VIUM Capital provides $17.1M loan to refinance Texas SNF … Spectrum Health breaks ground for Grand Rapids, MI, SNF
State allocates $1B+ for assistance to Medicaid, other program beneficiaries
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Aug 17, 2022
Georgia Gov. Brian P. Kemp (R) has set aside more than $1 billion for the state Department of Human Services to provide cash assistance of up to $350 per active enrollee in Medicaid, Supplemental Nutrition...
$3.6 million program seeks to address nursing shortage
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Aug 10, 2022
titioners and nurse scientists in nursing homes, hospitals, schools and other settings.
$10.3 million settlement sends ‘strong warning’ to employers with vaccine mandates, attorney says
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Aug 02, 2022
A $10.3 million settlement in a class action lawsuit that challenged a private healthcare employer’s COVID-19 vaccination policy sends a “strong warning” to companies to consider workers with religious...
Actions & Transactions, July 18
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jul 18, 2022
JLL negotiates sale of 100-bed transitional care facility in DeSoto, TX … Belmont Village Senior Living celebrates grand opening of La Jolla, CA, community
Operators could face ‘significant roadblocks’ trying to access $46 million in workforce development...
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jul 11, 2022
Assisted living operators in Texas are eligible for grants from a $46 million fund set up by the Texas Health and Human Services Commission for a variety of workforce initiatives, including recruitment...