Employer educational assistance programs can help long-term care workers pay off student loans
By
John Roszkowski
Sep 03, 2024
Employer-based educational programs still can be used to help pay off worker students’ loans through the end of next year, potentially enabling long-term care employers to provide relief to their workers...
Business briefs, Aug. 30
By
John Roszkowski
Lois A. Bowers
Aug 30, 2024
Capital lending and the growing senior living housing crisis … New Jersey assisted living community first in state to receive Joint Commission accreditation … Brio Living Services recognized for HR...
New federal agency partnership to focus on labor issues in merger investigations
By
Lois A. Bowers
Aug 29, 2024
The Department of Justice Antitrust Division, Department of Labor, Federal Trade Commission and National Labor Relations Board General Counsel will work together to “strengthen worker protections and...
Business briefs, Aug, 29
By
Lois A. Bowers
Aug 29, 2024
Long-term care staffing agencies to pay $700,000 for overcharging providers … PruittHealth CEO named AHCA Quality Champion for 2024 … Massage therapy reduces burnout, improves well-being among RNs,...
Year-over-year health spending growth highest ‘by far’ for home healthcare
By
Lois A. Bowers
Aug 28, 2024
Year-over-year growth in national health spending in June was highest “by far” for home healthcare, at 20.9%, compared with other major healthcare categories, according to a brief issued late Tuesday...
Workforce participation expected to continue to decline, report finds
By
John Roszkowski
Aug 27, 2024
In another troubling sign for the ongoing staffing shortages facing the long-term care industry, a new report finds that US workforce participation among the prime working age population is continuing...
Business briefs, Aug. 27
Aug 27, 2024
Pennsylvania retirement community sees $11.6 million operating loss … Trustee balks at $1.3M in incentives for executives in Petersen Health bankruptcy … How LTC facilities with employee-centered cultures...
Cutting proportion of RNs on care teams tied to worse outcomes
By
Haymarket Media
Aug 29, 2024
Worse outcomes include avoidable patient deaths, readmissions, longer lengths of stay, decreased patient satisfaction and excess costs.
Age bias declines in the workplace, but work remains
By
Lois A. Bowers
Aug 12, 2024
Fewer Americans aged 50 or more years believe that “age bias is a fact of life in the workplace” compared with 15 years ago, according to the results of a recent survey. But that doesn’t mean...
Cognitive difficulties tied to lower return to work after breast cancer
Aug 23, 2024
Return to work two years after diagnosis was associated with higher cognitive speed performance before and after cancer treatment.