Report from task force to address healthcare worker shortage coming in October
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jun 17, 2024
Texas’ Healthcare Workforce Task Force is up and running and set to release its final report Oct. 1.
Making long-term care employers more competitive is goal of association, university partnership
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Sep 18, 2023
A new partnership aims to make skilled nursing facilities, assisted living communities and personal care homes in Pennsylvania more competitive as employers by enabling them to offer tuition discounts...
Bill increasing paid sick leave from 3 to 5 days awaits governor’s signature
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Sep 15, 2023
Employers in California would be required to allow workers to take five days of sick leave per year, rather than the three days currently required by law, under legislation passed Wednesday by the California...
Some out-of-state nurses allowed to practice in Pennsylvania starting Sept. 5
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Aug 28, 2023
Beginning Sept. 5, registered nurses and licensed practical nurses from 40 other states who hold multistate licenses through the Nurse Licensure Compact, or NLC, will be able to provide in-person and telehealth...
Career pathway programs can mitigate workforce shortages: report
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jul 21, 2023
Some states are looking at developing career pathway programs as a strategy to address or mitigate workforce shortages in long-term care, according to a recent report from the National Conference of State...
Long-term care staffing challenges likely to worsen, commission reports
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 10, 2023
Staffing challenges in long-term care are only expected to get worse, according to a report released Monday by the Pennsylvania Joint State Government Commission.
Hawaii provider association among partners in $35 million workforce development initiative
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 06, 2023
The Healthcare Association of Hawaii, along with more than 70 businesses and the University of Hawaii community colleges, have committed to participating in a $35 million workforce development initiative....
57 percent of state’s SNFs report empty beds due to lack of staff
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 02, 2023
Fifty-seven percent of skilled nursing providers in Pennsylvania have empty beds, not because of lack of demand but because they don’t have enough staff members to care for residents and patients. That’s...
Workplace accidents highest in the North: analysis
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Feb 13, 2023
Accidents in the workplace can happen anywhere. The highest incidences of workplace accidents, however, are predominately found in the northern states, according to a recent analysis from High Rise Financial.
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...