AHCA / NCAL requests federal intervention to keep LTC sector from ‘verge of collapse’ due to workforce...
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Oct 22, 2021
The Federal Trade Commission should use its authority to protect assisted living and skilled nursing operators, as well as consumers, from direct care staffing agencies “charging supercompetitive prices...
61 percent of assisted living operators say workforce issues might force them to close
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Sep 23, 2021
Sixty-one percent of assisted living operators responding to a recent survey by the American Health Care Association / National Center for Assisted Living said they fear that workforce issues will force...
In absence of Supreme Court ruling, work toward compliance with OSHA rule, experts advise
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jan 11, 2022
With the Occupational Safety and Health Administration withdrawing part of its COVID-19 healthcare emergency temporary standard, the agency’s vaccination-and-testing mandate for employers with 100 or...
Senate committee ponders child care challenges with eye toward helping employers, workers
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Apr 15, 2024
As long-term care employers continue to face challenges in recruiting and retaining workers and some employees and potential employees struggle to navigate child care arrangements that make it possible...
Staffing, drugs, bullies top senior living challenges
By
James M. Berklan
Oct 09, 2018
Senior living operators and association officials discussed major trends facing operators Monday at the American Health Care Association / National Center for Assisted Living convention, and it didn’t...
Healthcare execs eye new revenue streams, talent retention, survey finds
By
Alicia Lasek
Aug 29, 2023
US companies are upbeat about the future, focused on reinvention and less concerned about recessionary trends, according to PwC’s August 2023 Pulse Survey. But healthcare leaders cited talent retention...
Proposed $35,000 threshold for overtime pay ‘reasonable,’ provider groups say, but concerns remain
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jun 03, 2019
Industry groups representing senior living organizations say they generally support the federal government’s proposed salary threshold of $35,308 under which executive, administrative, professional and...
Long-term care defaults at record high in municipal bond market
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Nov 19, 2021
Senior living communities are defaulting on municipal bonds more than ever before, Bloomberg reports.
How to protect your community from inappropriate use of social media use by employees
By
Lois A. Bowers
Oct 19, 2017
Senior living operators can take steps to reduce risk related to social media use by employees, according to Kristi Eldredge, RN, JD, CPHRM, senior patient safety consultant at medical liability insurance...
Federal government takes action as long-term care providers face supply shortages in coronavirus fight
By
Lois A. Bowers
Mar 19, 2020
Provider groups were eagerly awaiting guidance that ultimately came from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Wednesday to help maximize personal protective equipment for those who need it...