Proposed bill ‘great first step’ toward addressing long-term care workforce challenges
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Aug 10, 2021
A bill to reauthorize funding for programs that prevent elder abuse also would provide $400 million annually for states to enhance education and training for direct care workers in long-term care settings.
Fired worker charged in fatal stabbing of assisted living manager
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Aug 10, 2021
A man recently fired from an assisted living community in Burbank, CA, will be arraigned on murder charges next month in connection with a fatal stabbing of the community’s manager.
Without fingerprinting, senior living workers barred from providing direct care
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jul 22, 2021
Senior living workers hired during the pandemic in Connecticut will not be able to provide direct care until they undergo fingerprinting as part of a required background check. But they will not necessarily...
‘Much more than pay’: Assisted living employees, providers differ on workforce shortage solutions,...
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jun 29, 2021
Although senior living workers and providers in Texas agree that pay is a top workforce issue, the two sides are far apart on what tradeoffs, collaborations and compromises can be made to solve turnover...
59 percent of assisted living providers report workforce decline since 2020: AHCA/NCAL survey
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jun 24, 2021
Fifty-nine percent of assisted living providers responding to a small survey by the American Health Care Association / National Center for Assisted Living said that their overall “workforce situation”...
Pittsburgh-based IntegraCare has reached a 100% vaccination rate among staff members at its 13 senior living communities in three states.
Providing value an important tool in workforce recruitment efforts: speaker
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jun 22, 2021
Senior living operators — and long-term care in general — are not alone in their struggles to recruit and retain workers. But there are ways for employers in aging services to offer value outside of...
Employee retention can be a provider’s top recruiting tool
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jun 18, 2021
In 2018, Presbyterian Homes Inc. of North Carolina (PHI) started looking more seriously and strategically at its workforce.
OSHA announces COVID-19-related safety rules for senior living, other healthcare workplaces
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jun 11, 2021
Assisted living communities and other healthcare settings will be required to conduct hazard assessments and have written plans to mitigate the spread of the coronavirus under new workplace safety rules...
Providers seek $450 million from PA stimulus funds to cover pandemic costs
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
May 26, 2021
Senior living associations in Pennsylvania are lobbying legislators for $54 million for assisted living and personal care providers from the American Rescue Plan stimulus funding to the state. The ask...