Temporary staffing agencies thrust more into crosshairs amid workforce crisis
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Feb 28, 2023
A bill recently introduced in Oregon would make temporary staffing agencies more transparent and affordable, senior living advocates say.
Law targeting staffing agency tactics removes providers from staffing ‘hostage situations’
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Aug 17, 2023
Senior living advocates say passage of a nurse staffing agency bill in New Hampshire will prevent providers from being forced to pay ransom in a “sort of hostage situation” for temporary nurses.
Senior living needs COVID-19 tests, too, Argentum tells HHS as Ohio issues mandate
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Lois A. Bowers
Aug 24, 2020
Nursing homes aren’t the only long-term care settings that need testing capabilities amid the coronavirus pandemic, Argentum President and CEO James Balda said a day after HHS announced it would be sending...
Aging services providers, ‘hurtling towards a fiscal cliff,’ seek federal resources
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jul 21, 2020
As Florida has become the “epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic” and the Trump administration seeks to block COVID-19 funding for states, national and state aging services organizations on Monday released...
Report says ‘aspirational vision’ for assisted living unattainable without additional resources
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
May 24, 2024
A post-pandemic analysis of New Jersey’s long-term care industry, including assisted living, created an “aspirational vision” of what the industry could be, but the state’s failure to provide resources...
‘A lot on the line in November,’ NCAL executive director says
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Lois A. Bowers
Oct 08, 2018
The outcome of the midterm elections Nov. 6 will determine whether assisted living operators will have another fight for Medicaid on their hands, National Center for Assisted Living Executive Director...
Master plan on aging fails to ensure ‘robust’ long-term care continuum that includes senior living,...
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jun 10, 2024
Pennsylvania’s master plan on aging, although well-intended, focuses most of its attention on home care and community services and falls short of ensuring a “robust” long-term care continuum for...
Proposed law would impose federal reporting requirements on assisted living providers
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Feb 27, 2024
The recent closure of a large skilled nursing facility in Missouri has led to a bill that proposes minimum staffing levels for assisted living communities and a requirement that assisted living providers...
Assisted living reaching ‘breaking point,’ with 40 percent of providers without sufficient staffing
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
May 09, 2023
Assisted living providers in Minnesota say that the workforce situation is bleak and getting worse as industry leaders advocate for more funding to ensure career-sustaining wages for caregivers.
Census limited as more than 12,000 assisted living positions go unfilled in Minnesota
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Lois A. Bowers
Oct 11, 2021
More than 12,000 positions in Minnesota assisted living communities are unfilled, with almost a third of assisted living providers reporting that they are limiting census due to staffing levels, according...