Bipartisan bill would ease long-term care workforce shortage, advocates say, but ‘there’s more to...
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Oct 04, 2024
Legislation introduced last week by Reps. James Comer (R-KY) and Morgan McGarvey (D-NY) aims to boost the nation’s shortage of nurses, nurse aides and other healthcare professionals.
Financial insecurity ‘snowballing’ among older adults
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Oct 01, 2024
Eighty percent of Americans aged 60 or more years face financial insecurity about paying for long-term care or weathering financial emergencies, according to a report published last week by the National...
H-2B cap reached for first half of fiscal year 2025
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Sep 23, 2024
The US Citizenship and Immigration Services announced it has received enough petitions to meet the H-2B visa cap for the first half of fiscal year 2025.
Business briefs, Sept. 16
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Sep 16, 2024
Growing demand, reduced skilled nursing footprint leads to increased memory care units in CCRCs … More providers adding ‘talent’ executives: LZ 200 … Home care, hospice firms selected among top...
Immigration reform needed to beef up care workforce: LeadingAge
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Sep 12, 2024
Immigration reform is needed to bring more foreign-born care workers to the United States, legally, to help resolve long-standing workforce shortages, according to a report published Wednesday by LeadingAge.
HUD proposes closing qualified contract loophole for LIHTC transactions
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Aug 19, 2024
The Department of Housing and Urban Development has proposed guidance meant to close the qualified contract loophole in the Low Income Housing Tax Credit program for Federal Housing Administration multifamily...
Business briefs, Aug. 8
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Aug 08, 2024
Provider seeks dismissal of class-action suit over alleged immigrant labor law violations … CCRC adopts Journeys memory care model … Connecticut launches grant program for home healthcare worker safety...
HUD should address insurance problems with affordable senior housing, LeadingAge says
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Aug 07, 2024
In a letter this week to the acting secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, LeadingAge called on the agency to work with Congress, other federal agencies and state insurers to address...
Business briefs, July 16
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jul 16, 2024
OSHA-proposed rules affecting senior living providers could come by year’s end … Industry advocate defends CCRC model after bankruptcy attention … LeadingAge Maryland, LifeSpan Network hold inaugural...
Business briefs, March 1
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 01, 2024
After ‘delivering on its commitments’ in 2023, Pennant Group continues momentum into 2024 … 1,100+ organizations urge passage of antimandate bill in letter to congressional leaders … Workforce...