Fitch says ratings changes could benefit SNF-heavy CCRCs
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 18, 2024
Fitch Ratings’ proposed changes to the way it rates not-for-profit continuing care retirement / life plan communities are designed to provide “much more transparency around [communities] that don’t...
Proposed national paid leave program could ‘open up larger conversation’
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 15, 2024
President Joe Biden’s proposed budget for 2025 includes a measure to establish a national paid family and medical leave program. The program would be administered by the Social Security Administration.
Job gains ‘remain solid’ in February: ADP
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 07, 2024
“Job gains remain solid,” ADP Chief Economist Nela Richardson said in a press release issued Wednesday in conjunction with an ADP National Employment Report Economy Lab report.
Fitch changes could affect ratings for 10 percent of CCRCs
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 05, 2024
Ratings for 10% of the country’s not-for-profit continuing care retirement / life plan communities could be affected by changes being proposed by Fitch Ratings, the agency. The company released a draft...
Independent contractor rule’s effects ‘likely to be limited’ for employers, attorney says
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 04, 2024
As long-term care and other employers prepare to implement the Department of Labor’s independent contractor rule March 11, “the impact of this is likely to be limited” for employers, according to...
Center aims to help in recruiting, retention, training direct care workforce
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 04, 2024
States will be able to improve their systems for recruiting and retention of direct care workers via technical assistance from the National Council on Aging’s Direct Care Workforce Strategies Center.
96 percent of healthcare workers make personal sacrifices because of their jobs: survey
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Feb 15, 2024
Almost all (96%) of the healthcare professionals who responded to a recent survey by digital workplace technology company ShiftKey said that their jobs have required “significant personal sacrifices.”
Bipartisan bill would make employer tax credit for paid leave permanent
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jan 31, 2024
The employer tax credit for paid family and medical leave would be made permanent under legislation introduced this week by US Sens. Deb Fischer (R-NE) and Angus King (I-ME).
Navigating insurance for those with dementia a major challenge for family caregivers
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jan 30, 2024
Family caregivers face many challenges in helping their loved ones who are living with dementia, not the least of which is navigating the insurance landscape for long-term care. That’s according to the...
Business briefs, Jan. 30
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jan 30, 2024
Average RN signing bonus tops $11K … Train More Nurses Act passes Senate … Alzheimer’s Association calls for federal involvement to increase dementia care workforce, training in assisted living …...