States announce changes in some pandemic-era requirements affecting senior living
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 05, 2023
With the expiration of the federal public health emergency, New Jersey and California are among the states continuing some pandemic-era requirements while retaining others.
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...
Program lets high school students pick up credit, paycheck — and interest in senior living
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Sep 08, 2023
High school students working in senior living and care settings can earn credit for their work under a new experiential learning program adopted by state legislators in Minnesota earlier this year.
Regulation clarifies fingerprint requirements for working in assisted living communities
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Oct 05, 2022
Legislation clarifying who needs to be fingerprinted to work at an assisted living community recently went into effect in Arizona.
Senators propose three ways to address senior living workforce challenges
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Nov 13, 2023
State lawmakers in Pennsylvania have promised to advance a package of bills that would address workforce challenges among senior living and other long-term care providers in the Keystone State.
Bill targets price-gouging, anti-competitive practices by temporary staffing agencies
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 26, 2023
Tennessee soon will join other states in reining in questionable business practices of temporary healthcare staffing agencies and their effects on assisted living communities and other types of long-term...
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...
COVID-19 supplemental payments can’t solve ‘fragile state’ of direct care workforce, groups say
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
May 02, 2023
Some assisted living and other long-term care providers in Maine will be receiving a share of $25 million to help their continued recovery from the pandemic, just as a report announces that the state’s...
Survey highlights ‘urgent need’ for staffing in assisted living, skilled nursing
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Sep 30, 2021
A workforce-focused survey of Texas assisted living community and nursing home providers highlights the “urgent need” for state lawmakers to address severe workforce shortages in long-term care.
Proposal would allow CNAs to train in assisted living communities
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Feb 09, 2023
Regulatory changes proposed by the Virginia Board of Nursing are aimed at removing barriers to training and improving the hiring process for certified nurse aides in the commonwealth. If approved, CNAs...