To help with labor challenges, long-term care employers may want to look to retired workers. Many baby boomers who retired now are finding themselves wanting to return to work, and companies are welcoming...
Glennis Solutions achieves national IT certification for resident care software platform
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 27, 2022
Louisville, KY-based Glennis Solutions’ resident care software platform has achieved certification from the Office of the National Coordinator of Health Information Technology, the Atria Senior Living-owned...
Business briefs, May 26
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 26, 2022
New report highlights resident impact of ongoing economic crisis in nursing homes … Labor Department updates FMLA guidance on mental health, job protected leave … State regulators skipped SNF inspections...
Long-term care management company ordered to pay $3 million in back pay to 3,024 workers
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 25, 2022
A company managing long-term care facilities in four states will pay almost $3 million in back overtime pay to 3,024 workers across 84 locations, the Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division announced...
Building a thriving care workforce means addressing burnout: Surgeon General advisory
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 24, 2022
“Confronting the long-standing drivers of burnout among our health workers must be a top national priority,” Surgeon General Vivek H. Murthy, M.D., M.B.A. said in an advisory published Monday.
Program gets $6 million to expand CNA training, mentorship program
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 23, 2022
An additional $6 million investment will expand the WisCaregiver Careers workforce development program to address the shortage of certified nursing assistants in the state’s nursing homes, Wisconsin...
Business briefs, May 20
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 20, 2022
HHS announces $15M in funding for behavioral health services in SNFs … As Medicare Advantage grows, experts say, so do denials … Governor approves more than $125M for nursing education … Ridgeline...
Omicron, costs, funding loss stalling long-term care recovery, experts say
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 12, 2022
Many factors are at work to slow long-term care recovery according to panelists at Wednesday’s Leadership Huddle of the National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care.
Brookdale Senior Living, CareTrust REIT and Ventas presented their first-quarter earnings reports to investors on Friday.
$1.3 million project aims to strengthen direct care workforce
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 05, 2022
A $1.3 million federal project, with funding spread out over five years, will establish a new center to help strengthen the direct care workforce providing home- and community-based services to older...