Legislative committee considers locating child care centers in nursing homes
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Sep 27, 2023
Child care centers could be located in nursing homes under a proposal discussed Monday by the South Dakota Study Committee on Sustainable Models for Long Term Care.
CCRC ratings unlikely to be affected by SNF staffing mandates: Fitch
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Sep 21, 2023
The minimum staffing rule that most nursing homes will be required to meet within the next three years will add to staffing pressures at continuing care retirement / life plan communities, but it will...
Nursing home coalition shares action plans for improving quality
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jul 19, 2023
The Moving Forward Nursing Home Quality Coalition on Tuesday announced the release of its final nine actions plans for improving nursing home quality over the next year.
CCRC internship program helps train next generation of LPNs
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Apr 11, 2023
Not-for-profit continuing care retirement / life plan community Jefferson’s Ferry in South Setauket, NY, has restarted an internship program with Suffolk County Community College through which students...
SNF staffing shifts after REIT acquisition, study shows
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 21, 2023
Steady increases in licensed practical nurse and certified nursing assistant hours per resident day in skilled nursing after REIT acquisition could mean that there is some kind of “substitution effect”...
Scheduling consistency could help improve resident care, study finds
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Dec 22, 2022
Scheduling part-time, per diem and contract workers consistently to the same unit or to the same residents has a “significant impact on consistency of care” in nursing homes, according to the author...
Price of proposed nursing home staffing mandate? Try $11.3B a year, new AHCA report finds
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Dec 16, 2022
The American Health Care Association Thursday released an updated report from accounting and consulting firm CliftonLarsonAllen LLP detailing the costs of a potential federal staffing mandate for America’s...
Dwyer Workforce Development closes $590 million, 50-SNF deal
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Sep 22, 2022
The Baltimore-based Jack and Nancy Dwyer Workforce Development Center announced Wednesday the $590 million acquisition of a Texas-based 50-skilled-nursing-facility portfolio managed by Regency Integrated...
Members of Congress call on CMS to collaborate in addressing nursing home workforce challenges
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Sep 14, 2022
A bipartisan group of members of the House of Representatives is looking to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to work with them to resolve workforce shortages experienced by nursing homes across...
COVID-19 vaccination mandates don’t negatively affect nursing home staffing: study
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Aug 01, 2022
State COVID-19 vaccination mandates increased vaccinations among direct caregivers without negatively affecting staffing levels, according to the results of a study published Friday in JAMA Health Forum.