Minimum staffing levels would cost nursing homes $10 billion a year: report
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jul 20, 2022
The federal government’s proposed minimum staffing requirements for nursing homes could cost the industry $10 billion a year because tens of thousands of additional caregivers would need to be hired,...
CCRC caregiver staff turnover tops 50 percent in some areas
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jul 13, 2022
Continuing care retirement communities in some regions have seen caregiver staff turnover close to 50% over the past year, according to the 2022-2023 CCRC Salary & Benefits Report.
Workers at 12 western New York SNFs set to strike over wages
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jul 06, 2022
Approximately 1,200 workers at 12 western New York state not-for-profit skilled nursing facilities are planning to follow through with threats to strike later this month if their wage demands are not met.
Cocktail lounge attendant? Eclectic mix of people filling heretofore unheard-of senior living positions
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jun 29, 2022
“Cocktail lounge attendant” isn’t the sort of job one often sees for a senior living community, but Atria Senior Living’s Coterie Cathedral Hill is not a typical senior living community. The San...
$25 million grant will boost long-term care workforce pipeline in California
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jun 28, 2022
LeadingAge California will use a $25 million grant from the California Health and Human Services Department to help expand the association’s efforts to bolster the long-term care workforce pipeline via...
CCRC expands continuum with on-site hospice care offering
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jun 27, 2022
The continuum of care now includes on-site hospice care at one Texas continuing care retirement community. After months of planning, EdenHill Communities in New Braunfels began caring for its first clients...
Nursing program capacity contributing to long-term staffing crisis
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jun 23, 2022
Faculty shortages, nursing program capacity and financial constraints, and lack of academic preparedness fueled by learning loss during COVID-19 are making it more difficult for new caregivers to enter...
Senators re-introduce legislation to improve vetting, training of caregivers in nursing homes
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jun 15, 2022
Sens. Mark R. Warner (D-VA) and Tim Scott (R-SC) re-introduced legislation Monday designed to help nursing homes improve their vetting and training of caregivers to help ensure resident safety.
$1.2 million nursing home quality initiative to be spearheaded by LeadingAge
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jun 15, 2022
LeadingAge will use a two-year, $1.2 million grant from the John A. Hartford Foundation to work to improve nursing home quality based on the recommendations of a recent national report, the foundation...
Remember Me Senior Care offers memory care in five-home, farmhouse-style neighborhood
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 31, 2022
Knoxville, TN-based Solinity recently partnered in the opening of the Remember Me Senior Care senior living community, a five-home, farmhouse-style neighborhood, in Cleveland, TN.