Building a thriving care workforce means addressing burnout: Surgeon General advisory
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 24, 2022
“Confronting the long-standing drivers of burnout among our health workers must be a top national priority,” Surgeon General Vivek H. Murthy, M.D., M.B.A. said in an advisory published Monday.
Long-term care management company ordered to pay $3 million in back pay to 3,024 workers
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 25, 2022
A company managing long-term care facilities in four states will pay almost $3 million in back overtime pay to 3,024 workers across 84 locations, the Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division announced...
Citizenship department updates expedited work permit process for healthcare workers
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Feb 10, 2022
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has published new guidance on expedited renewals for employment authorization applications for healthcare workers.
Staff shortages lead to limits, holds on admissions: survey
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Oct 06, 2021
Nearly three-quarters of the respondents to a Pennsylvania Health Care Association member survey last month said they’ve had to limit or put on hold admissions within the past six months.
IntegraCare mentorship program benefits employees, residents across 3 states
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jan 10, 2022
IntegraCare’s Motivational Advancement Program, available to employees at all 15 of the company’s properties in Pennsylvania, Maryland and Virginia, aims to improve employees’ lives and, subsequently,...
At 8.5%, the U.S. inflation reached its highest point in 40 years earlier this month while the unemployment rate At 8.5%, the U.S. inflation reached its highest point in 40 years earlier this month while...
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...
Citing critical healthcare worker shortage, governor proposes $72 million for training
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 21, 2022
Nursing and healthcare worker shortage, Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont (D) has proposed allocating $72 million from the state’s coronavirus relief funds to help students and universities that train nurses...
Ukrainian refugees could find support, employment at U.S. long-term care facilities
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 18, 2022
Refugees from Ukraine could find a career path in the U.S. long-term care industry. The American Health Care Association / National Center for Assisted Living is working with the International Rescue Committee...
Long-term care staffing agency to pay $7.2 million in back wages, damages after federal court ruling
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jan 31, 2022
Virginia staffing agency that serves long-term care providers will pay more than $7.2 million in back wages and damages after intentionally violating federal laws and denying 1,105 certified nursing aides,...