COVID-related changes in nursing home healthcare delivery ‘just starting to manifest’: report
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 08, 2023
The pandemic forever changed the nursing home industry, according to Marcum LLP’s three-year benchmarking analysis of skilled nursing operations, released Tuesday.
SNF staffing shifts after REIT acquisition, study shows
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 21, 2023
Steady increases in licensed practical nurse and certified nursing assistant hours per resident day in skilled nursing after REIT acquisition could mean that there is some kind of “substitution effect”...
CCRC ratings unlikely to be affected by SNF staffing mandates: Fitch
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Sep 21, 2023
The minimum staffing rule that most nursing homes will be required to meet within the next three years will add to staffing pressures at continuing care retirement / life plan communities, but it will...
55 percent of surveyed SNFs operating in the red, limiting admissions: AHCA
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jan 11, 2023
Fifty-five percent of skilled nursing providers responding to a recent survey by the American Health Care Association say that they are operating in the red, and 48% of respondents said that they would...
Bipartisan Senate bill aims to increase nurse training programs
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Sep 22, 2023
A bipartisan group of senators has introduced legislation meant to address the nursing shortage affecting healthcare providers and communities throughout the United States.
House subcommittee hearing highlights 6 actions for lawmakers, nursing homes
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Sep 22, 2022
Federal and state lawmakers must work with nursing homes on six actions related to care quality and support, Alice Bonner, PhD, RN, FAAN, told the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis at...
Nursing home sales, closures, halts to admissions come as staffing shortages continue
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Sep 12, 2022
As staffing shortages continue to plague nursing homes, sales, closures and admissions stoppages are becoming more frequent, according to respondents to a survey by the Long-Term Care Imperative, a collaboration...
Demand for direct care workers expected to outpace availability: report
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Sep 13, 2023
Demand for direct care workers — home care workers; workers in residential group homes, assisted living communities and other residential care; and nursing assistants in skilled nursing facilities —...
Business briefs, April 15
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Apr 15, 2024
Senate rejects joint employer rule; Biden expected to veto … Nursing home fights for right to end temporary bonuses, avoid $369K payout … Troubled nursing home in contempt over non-payment of $2.65...
Business briefs, April 26
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Apr 26, 2023
Shuttered nursing home avoids class action in understaffing lawsuit … Long-term care among professions with highest rates of work-related injury, illness … Nursing homes in this state could see boost...