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...
Nursing home sector’s economic recovery ‘in limbo,’ AHCA says
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Feb 07, 2023
Economic recovery remains “in limbo” for the nursing home sector, especially as the public health emergency — and the funds that go along with it — is set to end this spring. That’s according...
Should US follow Canada’s example in addressing workforce woes?
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Feb 07, 2023
Canada is turning to immigration in a big way to fill jobs left unfilled by its citizens. Could there be a lesson for the United States? Immigration accounts for almost 100% of Canada’s labor force growth,...
Workforce challenges threaten service delivery for PACE participants: Altarum
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Feb 07, 2023
Workforce challenges threaten to complicate service delivery for Program for All Inclusive-Care for the Elderly participants, according to the results of the second and final Altarum PACE Pandemic Response...
Lease-up pace slowly returning to normal: report
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Feb 03, 2023
The pace of lease-ups and initial move-ins declined in the long-term care during the pandemic era, but the trend is at a pivot point, according to a new report from NIC MAP Vision.
Expanded H-2B visa cap reached for the first half of FY 2023
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Feb 02, 2023
US Citizenship and Immigration Services has received enough petitions to meet the congressionally mandated H-2B cap for the first half of fiscal year 2023 for foreign workers starting on or before March...
Feds aim to strengthen immigrant workforce, but do plans go far enough for long-term care?
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jan 30, 2023
New federal plans to strengthen the country’s immigrant workforce might bring the long-term care sector one step closer to alleviating its workforce shortage. But some wonder whether the plans go far...
REIT ownership linked to decline in RN staffing, increases in LPN, CNA use
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jan 27, 2023
Nursing homes, after being purchased by a real estate investment trust, are likely to see increases in licensed practical nurse and certified nursing assistant staff hours per resident day of 2.15% and...
Headwinds may stall CCRC recovery, Fitch Ratings says
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jan 27, 2023
Although demand is high for continuing care life plan communities, some headwinds may stall total recovery for the sector, according to the experts at Fitch Ratings.
Business briefs, Jan. 27
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jan 27, 2023
Attorney general asks Good Samaritan, Ebenezer parent organizations to delay merger … Senior living tech investment returns to ‘normal priorities’: Ziegler … Operation Nightingale: HHS-OIG charges...