CDC eases guidance for asymptomatic healthcare personnel exposed to COVID-19
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Sep 27, 2022
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday introduced new guidance for managing asymptomatic healthcare personnel exposed to COVID-19, incuding those who work in nursing homes. The guidance...
Business briefs, Dec. 20
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Dec 20, 2021
Washington’s LTC insurance program put on hold … Parent company of Ascension Living affected by massive Kronos ransomware attack … Ensign Group increases quarterly dividend to $0.055 per share …...
Older adult population will surpass younger age groups in 2029 as ‘notable shifts’ occur
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Nov 22, 2023
The US older adult population is expected to surpass the size of younger age groups in 2029, according to the latest US Census Bureau population projections, which also forecast that the nation’s population...
Workforce shortages, leadership burnout among long-term care’s top challenges: survey
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Dec 16, 2021
Staffing shortages top the list of challenges for senior living and care providers, lending them to focus on employee engagement and retention.
Business briefs, July 22
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jul 22, 2022
Senior living leaders identify how to pay for wellness programming … House passes 12% funding increase for affordable housing … NLRB, FTC partner to promote fair competition, advance workers’ rights...
‘Break that cycle’ of low nursing home reimbursement, wages, Collins says
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 24, 2021
Long-term care advocates received some encouragement from Thursday’s hearing of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor & Pensions Committee’s Primary Health and Retirement Security subcommittee....
Workforce shortage remains issue for most nursing home, assisted living employers: LeadingAge poll
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 16, 2023
Almost all (92%) of nursing home provider members of LeadingAge that completed the association’s February / March 2023 Workforce Snap Poll reported a significant or severe workforce shortage, and 70%...
Trilogy’s people-first staffing approach has led to a nearly 50% lower employee turnover rate than...
By
Amy Novotney
Dec 11, 2020
As the pandemic’s toll has exacerbated workforce shortages and employee turnover in the sector living and care sector, executives at Louisville, KY-based Trilogy Health Services know that ensuring a...
Senior living coalition calls on Congress to address workforce crisis
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Oct 20, 2022
A coalition of senior living advocacy groups is calling on congressional leaders to build and train the workforce needed now — and into the future — to care for the nation’s rapidly growing aging...
Business briefs, Dec. 1
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Dec 01, 2021
Federal judge blocks COVID-19 vaccine mandate for federal contractors from going into effect in Kentucky, Ohio, Tennessee … Traverse City, MI, assisted living community closes, citing workforce shortage...