DAC Acquisition completes acquisition of Diversicare Healthcare Services … AHCA documentary showcases challenges, heroes of pandemic in nursing homes … Nazareth Home wins 2021 Best of Best of Kentucky...
Career pathway programs can mitigate workforce shortages: report
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jul 21, 2023
Some states are looking at developing career pathway programs as a strategy to address or mitigate workforce shortages in long-term care, according to a recent report from the National Conference of State...
Home care briefs for Tuesday, Jan. 19
Jan 19, 2021
Azar resigns at HHS, Verma resigns at CMS … Partnership to provide revenue cycle services … Missouri groups working on vaccination plan for home, hospice care providers … NoCal home care workers...
Time-restricted eating no better than cutting calories for obesity
Apr 20, 2022
No significant difference was seen in mean weight loss at 12 months with time-restricted eating and daily calorie restriction.
Business briefs, Jan. 6
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jan 06, 2022
HRSA opens PRF reporting portal for second period … COVID vaccine mandate for 25 states newly challenged in federal court … SNF occupancy rose in October, but labor shortages persist: NIC analysis...
Technology connections
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jan 20, 2021
By the end of the month, more than 1,400 Amazon Echo Show 8 devices will have been delivered to senior living communities in North Carolina, thanks to a federal grant.
Big senior living stories of 2023
By
Lois A. Bowers
Dec 21, 2023
The long shadow of the pandemic continued to recede in 2023, although the senior living profession continued to feel its effects. The COVID-19 public emergency ended May 11. Wage growth has declined but...
38 percent of workers are subject to noncompete agreements, GAO says
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 18, 2023
An estimated 38% of workers have been subject to an NCA at some time in their careers, the US Government Accountability said in a new report.
Medi-Cal to drop asset test for Medicaid long-term care benefits
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 14, 2022
Medi-Cal, California’s Medicaid public health insurance program, is dropping its asset test for residents needing long-term care.
Meet April Payne, 2023 Hall of Honor inductee
By
Ron Rajecki
Aug 02, 2023
Learn more about April Payne, Chief Quality and Regulatory Affairs Officer, Virginia Health Care Association/Virginia Center for Assisted Living, and Executive Director, VCAL, Richmond, VA.