ARPA-funded projects aim to collect data on assisted living, help retain workers
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Feb 02, 2023
Efforts to track data on assisted living communities, retain workers and encourage planning for long-term care are among the projects receiving technical assistance from a national nonprofit to launch...
Business of long-term care ‘has never been worse’ as occupancy, staffing challenges continue
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Oct 12, 2022
NASHVILLE, TN — With the clinical issues of COVID-19 largely behind the long-term care industry, the business side “has never been worse,” according to American Health Care Association / National...
As ‘unprecedented’ crisis continues, workforce issues top 5 priorities for NCAL, executive director...
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Oct 10, 2022
NASHVILLE, TN — As assisted living providers continue to experience an “unprecedented workforce crisis right now,” the issue tops the list of five priorities for the National Center for Assisted...
Raise grant rates for assisted living, wages and benefits for caregivers, board recommends
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Oct 05, 2022
A state government advisory board is recommending that the Virginia General Assembly increase grant awards to cover assisted living costs, mandate sick leave and a living wage for direct care workers,...
Providers concerned about meeting direct care worker wage increase requirements
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Sep 22, 2022
A planned $15 hourly minimum wage requirement for home- and community-based service workers set to take effect Oct. 1 in Florida has some senior living providers concerned about how they will cover the...
Report outlines ways to get more HCBS support
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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...
‘Significant’ drop in residential care aide workforce during pandemic raises questions about future...
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Sep 08, 2022
The residential care aide workforce — personal care aides, home health aides and nursing assistants who work in assisted living communities, continuing care retirement / life plan communities and other...
Assisted living communities should be integrated into greater community, report recommends
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Sep 08, 2022
Assisted living communities and other congregate care settings are “vital” and should be more fully integrated into surrounding communities through short-term respite care, adult day services, and...
Planned rate increases meant to help providers address workforce shortages, pandemic costs
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jan 19, 2022
Assisted living communities in Nebraska could see temporary funding increases to address workforce shortages and continuing pandemic-related costs if a state plan is approved by the federal government.
Senior living leaders take fight for support of Build Back Better Act straight to public
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jan 12, 2022
In an open letter to the American public Tuesday, 32 national and regional nonprofit aging services, health and social support leaders sounded the alarm about the “growing crisis” for older adults...