Growing need for care outside hospital is opportunity for senior living, skilled nursing providers, experts...
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Aug 09, 2023
About a third of the $4.4 trillion spent last year on healthcare in the United States was from the people over the age of 65, “and the estimate is that this group will represent half of all healthcare...
Shoring up direct care workforce will take investment in recruitment, retention, career advancement,...
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 22, 2023
Investments in recruitment, retention and career advancement opportunities are needed to stem the shrinking direct care workforce, researchers said Thursday in Health Affairs.
Half of American women uncertain about secure retirement: surveys
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 17, 2023
Half of American women aged 25 or more years are struggling financially and finding it difficult to plan for a secure retirement. That’s according to the newly released results of two surveys commissioned...
Providers need ‘meaningful aid,’ groups say as president unveils executive order
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Apr 19, 2023
Building a pipeline of professional caregivers and then retaining them in long-term care are some of the goals of an executive order signed Tuesday by President Biden. Provider groups responded by calling...
Bill giving veterans more long-term care options passes Senate committee
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 06, 2023
The Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee approved this week the Elizabeth Dole Home Care Act, which is meant to expand options for veterans in need of long-term care. The bill, if ultimately signed into...
Legislation would create national advisory commission on long-term care services
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Sep 19, 2022
Legislation introduced Thursday by Sens. John Boozman (R-AR) and Jacky Rosen (D-NV) would establish a national advisory commission on long-term care services for older adults and others who need care and...
Geriatric workforce funding in Senate bill ‘far too low,’ provider group says
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Alicia Lasek
Aug 05, 2022
To reverse its ongoing staffing crisis, the long-term care sector is going to need heftier financial support than the Senate is proposing for 2023, industry advocate LeadingAge said Thursday.
$1.2 million nursing home quality initiative to be spearheaded by LeadingAge
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jun 15, 2022
LeadingAge will use a two-year, $1.2 million grant from the John A. Hartford Foundation to work to improve nursing home quality based on the recommendations of a recent national report, the foundation...
Middle class declines, but not necessarily middle-market senior living opportunities
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 23, 2022
The percentage of middle-income seniors has declined over the past 50 years, according to a new analysis, but those results don’t necessarily mean that there will be fewer middle-market senior housing...
Workforce, living environment changes key to long-term care reform: AARP
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jun 02, 2021
To overcome staffing shortages common in long-term care, operators will need to provide adequate pay and benefits, safe working conditions and career structures that enable advancement that will ensure...