RN training would receive $1.2 billion boost under Senate bill
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Sep 18, 2023
Community colleges and universities would receive $1.2 billion in grants to boost the number of students enrolled in accredited, two-year registered nursing programs if a bill introduced into the Senate...
Third class of MA-Cs graduates from industry-sponsored program
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Nov 29, 2023
The Arkansas Health Care Association recently graduated its third cohort of students in its medication assistant–certified (MA-C) training program.
Members of Congress call on CMS to collaborate in addressing nursing home workforce challenges
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Sep 14, 2022
A bipartisan group of members of the House of Representatives is looking to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to work with them to resolve workforce shortages experienced by nursing homes across...
Bilingual, US-based employees staff RiverSpring call center
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Apr 30, 2024
RiverSpring Health Plans, based in The Bronx, NY, said it is setting its call center apart from others in the industry with more than a dozen employees who speak multiple languages, including Spanish,...
Robotic ‘staff’ helping senior living community with housekeeping, mowing
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Aug 29, 2022
Messiah Lifeways in Mechanicsburg, PA, is addressing workforce challenges head-on with the help of robots. A robotic vacuum and a robotic lawnmower — affectionately called Roving Rosie and Mr. Mow It...
Providers could lose employee retention credit funds sooner than expected
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Aug 25, 2021
The version of the infrastructure bill approved by the Senate earlier this month could end the employee retention credit three months sooner than expected.
Workforce training program being evaluated by LeadingAge LTSS Center
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Aug 08, 2023
The LeadingAge LTSS Center @UMass Boston has been selected to evaluate the three-year Gateway-In Project, a workforce training initiative designed by LeadingAge California.
Costs for linked-benefit long-term care insurance policies drop up to 15 percent from last year
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 15, 2023
Costs for linked-benefit long-term care insurance policies — policies linked with another type of policy, such as life insurance — generally are between 10% and 15% lower in 2023 than they were a year...
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,...
Green House introduces waiver to allow providers to deviate from traditional small home model
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Oct 18, 2022
The Green House Project, in partnership with the Pioneer Network, has created a waiver as part of an expanded trademark process that will allow providers to adjust traditional Green House small home requirements...