‘Significant’ drop in residential care aide workforce during pandemic raises questions about future...
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Sep 08, 2022
The residential care aide workforce — personal care aides, home health aides and nursing assistants who work in assisted living communities, continuing care retirement / life plan communities and other...
Affordability, healthcare access key to best states, cities for retirees in 2022
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
May 04, 2022
Affordability, healthcare access and quality of life weighed heavily in two recent reports on the best cities and states to retire to in 2022.
Chronic care proposal: Workforce, HCBS issues concern groups
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Lois A. Bowers
Feb 02, 2016
The Eldercare Workforce Alliance, National Center for Assisted Living and American Health Care Association are among the groups expressing concerns about Senate Finance Committee Bipartisan Chronic Care...
Transforming direct care workforce requires innovative strategies, policy changes: study
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Feb 14, 2022
Policy changes and innovative strategies are key to transforming direct care jobs and stabilizing the workforce, according to a recent study from PHI.
Slimmer, $1.75T Build Back Better framework calls for ‘historic’ investment in older adults, but...
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Oct 29, 2021
A pared down, $1.75 trillion social spending package framework announced Thursday by President Biden is being called a “historic step” for older adults, but greater investments still are necessary...
LTSS reform needed to ensure access to quality care, doctors’ group says
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jul 14, 2022
Long-term services and supports are critical to frail older adults and must be improved to ensure access and quality of life as demand grows, according to an association representing primary care physicians...
Senior living celebrates ‘big wins’ in proposed $1.7 trillion omnibus package
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Dec 21, 2022
Senior living advocates are claiming “major victories” for the industry following the release of the proposed $1.7 trillion congressional year-end spending bill on Monday.