Proposed rule includes notification requirement for tenants prior to eviction from HUD-assisted residences
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Dec 06, 2023
The Department of Housing and Urban Development recently issued a proposed rule that would require 30-day notifications to evict tenants from HUD-assisted residences for defaulting on their rent.
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.
Decades-old CNA training lockout would change under re-introduced bill
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 16, 2023
A two-year lockout on certified nursing assistant training programs in skilled nursing facilities with deficiencies would be lifted under certain conditions if the bipartisan Ensuring Seniors’ Access...
Bill would expand provider National Practitioner Data Bank access to long-term care providers
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jul 24, 2023
Legislation re-introduced last week by Sens. Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Jacky Rosen (D-NV) would expand access to the National Practitioner Data Bank to include long-term care providers such as nursing homes...
Long-term care industry brings workforce shortage issue to Senate committee
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Feb 17, 2023
“A shortage of healthcare personnel was a problem before the pandemic, and now it has gotten worse,” Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee Chairman Bernie Sanders (I-VT) said Thursday...
Nursing home industry reacts to White House ‘all-hands-on-deck’ approach in promoting COVID-19 booster...
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Nov 28, 2022
The American Health Care Association / National Center for Assisted Living and LeadingAge applaud the While House for being proactive in encouraging Americans and especially older adults to get their updated...
Alwan leaves ‘gratifying’ experience at LeadingAge to start private consulting service
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Nov 14, 2022
After 15 years of full-time employment with LeadingAge, and several years of consulting before that, Majd Alwan, PhD, is branching out on his own.
Senior living and care advocates make ‘top lobbyists’ list
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Dec 08, 2022
Leaders from the American Health Care Association / National Center for Assisted Living, Argentum and LeadingAge have been named on The Hill’s “Top Lobbyists 2022” list, published Wednesday.
$80M federal program to boost nursing training
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Oct 06, 2022
The Department of Labor will beef up its Nursing Expansion Grant Program with $80 million in grants, the department announced Monday.
Workforce issues a theme of State of the Union address and industry reaction to it
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Feb 09, 2023
Several workforce issues were part of President Biden’s State of the Union address on Tuesday — as well as long-term care industry reaction to the speech. The talk comes at a time when long-term care...