Plan to address housing, homelessness includes $3 billion to acquire, renovate senior living communities
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jul 21, 2021
California’s $12 billion funding package to address housing and homelessness in the state includes $3 billion for the Health and Human Services Agency to create “clinically enriched behavioral health...
Meet Josiane Dusabe, Rising Star honoree
By
Emma Baumgartel
Jul 21, 2021
Josiane Dusabe, director of clinical excellence, Vincentian Home, Pittsburgh, PA, is in the 2021 class of the McKnight’s Women of Distinction as a Rising Star honoree.
Home health discharge rates improve but hospitalizations increase over five-year period: MedPAC report
By
Diane Eastabrook
Jul 21, 2021
Home healthcare providers did a better job releasing patients into the community, but at the same time, slightly more patients were admitted to hospitals from home healthcare
Meet Amanda Brown, Veteran VIP honoree
By
Chloe Konrad
Jul 20, 2021
Amanda Brown, nursing home administrator, Rochester Regional Health, Rochester, NY, is in the 2021 class of the McKnight’s Women of Distinction as a Veteran VIP.
Price tag of Better Care Better Jobs Act is closer to $150B, NAHC’s Dombi says
By
Liza Berger
Jul 20, 2021
While language in the Better Care Better Jobs Act did not mention a dollar amount, many expected it would inject around $400 billion into Medicaid home- and community-based services (HCBS). It turns out...
Studies of COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among long-term care workers receive $11 million
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jul 19, 2021
Two studies have received an $11 million funding bump to find ways to reduce COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among long-term care workers.
A lack of data is sinking the care economy: PHI
By
Diane Eastabrook
Jul 19, 2021
Among the consequences of the pandemic are a gaping hole in data available on the direct care industry, according to Robert Espinoza, vice president of policy for the advocacy group PHI. It must be plugged,...
Former assisted living employee stole $9 million from resident, charges allege
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jul 16, 2021
A former worker at an assisted living community in Alabama has been charged with financial exploitation for allegedly stealing $9 million in cash and real estate from a former resident.
Meet Hemwattie Clough, Rising Star honoree
By
Chloe Konrad
Jul 16, 2021
Hemwattie Clough, administrator, Williston Care Center, Williston, FL, is in the 2021 class of the McKnight’s Women of Distinction as a Rising Star.
Home care touches everyone
By
Liza Berger
Jul 16, 2021
As I listened to lawmakers promote the Better Care Better Jobs Act on Monday, I was struck by how personal the discussion around home care is. Basically, it is one of those great equalizers that puts everyone,...