Governors home in on SNF resident care, performance
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Dec 20, 2021
Skilled nursing facilities’ care of residents and performance are the focus of actions by governors on both coasts as the coronavirus pandemic continues.
Long-term care operators wait as CNA candidates encounter exam issues in PA
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jun 23, 2022
Prospective certified nurse aides in Pennsylvania are coming up against long wait times to schedule licensing testing and are giving up on employment in healthcare, state lawmakers were told at a public...
Texas ballot issue asserts guaranteed right to family caregiver visits at long-term care facilities
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Nov 03, 2021
A ballot issue passed yesterday in Texas will amend the state’s constitution to allow residents of nursing homes and assisted living communities to designate “essential caregivers” who could not...
Pennsylvania updating SNF regulations for first time in 25 years
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 23, 2022
The Pennsylvania Department of Health is updating regulations for the state’s 685 skilled nursing facilities, where more than 72,000 people live, after almost 25 years. The department is soliciting feedback...
50 National Guard members activated to help Utah LTC facilities, hospitals ease staffing shortages
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Feb 03, 2022
The Utah National Guard’s COVID-19 Joint Task Force has activated approximately 50 service members statewide, according to Tuesday’s official statement from the National Guard. The move is meant to...
Michigan healthcare industry asks state for $650M to address staffing shortages
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Nov 10, 2021
Michigan’s Healthcare Workforce Sustainability Alliance is asking the Michigan legislature for $650 million to help offset staffing shortages. The funds would be directed toward rewarding current...
Nursing homes to get staffing flexibility under bill
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 09, 2022
Nursing homes in Florida are expected to get more staffing flexibility under legislation passed Monday in the Florida Senate, which Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) is expected to sign into law.
3 states could lose ability to enforce workplace safety rules due to not protecting healthcare workers...
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Oct 21, 2021
The Labor Department put three states on notice that they could lose their authority to enforce their own workplace safety rules due to their refusal to adopt federal rules to protect healthcare workers...
24 state attorneys general threaten legal action over ‘disastrous and counterproductive’ vaccine...
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Sep 20, 2021
President Joe Biden’s plan to require employers with 100 or more workers to mandate COVID-19 vaccination or frequent testing is meeting with opposition at the state level, with 24 Republican attorneys...
States, courts take actions that complicate vaccine mandate effects
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Nov 01, 2021
So far, courts across the country—all the way up to the U.S. Supreme Court—have sided with state governments on imposed vaccine requirements. The justices declined Friday to even hear a case challenging...