Connecticut’s personal care workers could see 26 percent raise in minimum wage
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 15, 2024
Personal care workers in Connecticut could receive a 26% raise in the minimum wage if the state General Assembly approves a three-year agreement reached between the Connecticut Personal Care Assistant...
Bill package falls short of addressing long-term care workforce challenges, advocates say
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Mar 06, 2024
Although appreciative of efforts to improve long-term care, Delaware’s senior living groups said that a package of recently introduced bills falls short of addressing workforce challenges in the state.
Free program offers streamlined path to direct care professional certification
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Aug 07, 2023
A new, free program aims to streamline the path to becoming a certified direct care professional in Wisconsin, with a goal of certifying at least 10,000 new workers.
Legislators introduce bill to retain nurses in Ohio
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Oct 03, 2023
Long-term care providers in Ohio appear to be left out of a newly introduced bill aimed at retaining nurses in the Buckeye State and alleviating some of the final burdens associated with earning a degree...
Training, wage improvements necessary to increase supply of direct care workers, task force says
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Dec 20, 2022
Competitive compensation, skills training and job improvements are among the recommendations a state task force made to lawmakers to increase the supply of direct care workers in assisted living communities...
Nursing home staffing mandate ‘unrealistic,’ advocacy groups say
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 23, 2022
New York Attorney General Letitia James (D) and 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East President George Gresham continued their call Monday for tougher staffing mandates among the state’s nursing homes...
State-level initiatives tackle language-based barriers to worker training, testing
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
May 20, 2024
Foreign-born workers account for 27% of the nation’s direct care workforce, but many states maintain strict, English-only testing and training requirements that can prevent some immigrants from entering...
Bill would offer senior living providers hiring flexibility, workforce pipeline
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 16, 2021
Bipartisan legislation under consideration in the House of Representatives has the goal of shoring up the senior living and care workforce pipeline by providing operators with some flexibility in hiring...
Ruling strikes down vaccination mandate, but industry experts say it won’t help with hiring
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jan 30, 2023
A New York court ruling striking down the state’s COVID-19 vaccination mandate for healthcare workers won’t have much of an impact on senior living providers who continue to face a workforce crisis,...
6 SNFs, ALFs placed in receivership in Iowa
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Feb 01, 2023
In what appears to be a growing trend in long-term care closures in Iowa, four nursing facilities and two assisted living facilities have been placed in receivership with the state Department of Inspections...