‘Fairly large contingent’ of National Guard will alleviate ‘healthcare backups’ at long-term...
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Oct 19, 2021
“A fairly large contingent” of the National Guard will be enlisted to help with a statewide long-term care worker shortage that is hampering hospitals’ ability to transfer people with COVID-19 patients...
Senators re-introduce legislation to improve vetting, training of caregivers in nursing homes
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jun 15, 2022
Sens. Mark R. Warner (D-VA) and Tim Scott (R-SC) re-introduced legislation Monday designed to help nursing homes improve their vetting and training of caregivers to help ensure resident safety.
$25 million grant will boost long-term care workforce pipeline in California
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jun 28, 2022
LeadingAge California will use a $25 million grant from the California Health and Human Services Department to help expand the association’s efforts to bolster the long-term care workforce pipeline via...
Workforce issues a theme of State of the Union address and industry reaction to it
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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...
Minnesota governor activates National Guard to support skilled nursing facilities
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Nov 24, 2021
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) is activating the state’s National Guard to form skilled nursing “response teams” that will provide support to facilities experiencing worker shortages. He also is proposing...
6 strategies will help build the long-term care workforce: report
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jul 02, 2021
Education, career opportunities, wage increases and reform measures are among the six strategies in a “long-range vision” released Thursday by LeadingAge to address workforce challenges in senior living...
Assisted living model could be threatened by long-term care workforce proposal
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 30, 2024
A proposed federal bill includes substantial new funding for long-term care workforce development, but it potentially threatens the assisted living model by including the setting with more clinical ones,...
Quality, safety, accountability vital, industry leaders say, as Washington Post report cites deaths at...
By
Lois A. Bowers
Dec 18, 2023
Senior living industry leaders stressed their belief in the importance of quality, safety and accountability Sunday in response to a package of articles in the Washington Post titled “Memory Inc.,”...
Worker shortage hits long-term care more than other healthcare sectors, report shows
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 16, 2022
Every sector in healthcare has felt the sting of the current worker shortage, but none more so than long-term care, according to a report issued this month by the Department of Health and Human Services...
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...