Senior living providers embrace employee retention credit
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jul 01, 2022
The employee retention credit (ERC) is a hot topic for nonprofit life plan communities, Ziegler Managing Director Tommy Brewer said Thursday at a webinar hosted by the specialty investment bank.
Holding onto ‘authentic identity’ in senior living a priority for LGBTQ seniors
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jul 01, 2022
Senior living operators are learning what the LGBTQ community has always known: LTBTQ seniors are looking for welcoming communities where they can express their authentic identity without retreating into...
Long-term care operator transitions TNAs to CNAs in ‘Grand’ style
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jun 29, 2022
The Valley Stream, NY-based Grand Healthcare nursing and rehabilitation system recently graduated 85 home-grown certified nursing assistant students through its in-house training program.
FDA panel to weigh improved booster shots from Moderna, Pfizer
Jun 27, 2022
Both Pfizer and Moderna have been testing updated booster shots that target the omicron variant.
‘Be vigilant’ in face of OSHA scrutiny related to COVID-19, attorney advises
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jun 27, 2022
Skilled nursing facility and senior living community operators “should continue to be vigilant” in their COVID-19 mitigation measures even though the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s...
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...
Advocacy groups ‘strongly urge’ DOL to consider changes to processing Schedule A petitions
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jun 16, 2022
LeadingAge and the American Health Care Association / National Center for Assisted Living met Monday with staff from the Department of Labor to “strongly urge” the agency to consider changes to Schedule...
Senators re-introduce legislation to improve vetting, training of caregivers in nursing homes
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jun 15, 2022
Sens. Mark R. Warner (D-VA) and Tim Scott (R-SC) re-introduced legislation Monday designed to help nursing homes improve their vetting and training of caregivers to help ensure resident safety.
Stiffer requirements for SNF Medicaid payments could be coming down the pike
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jun 13, 2022
The nation’s 15,500 Medicaid-certified nursing homes could find that there are strings attached to future Medicaid payments if a proposal from the federal government proceeds, Kaiser Health News reports.
Former school repurposed for New England’s first LBGTQ affordable senior housing community
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jun 13, 2022
The former William Barton Rogers Middle School in Hyde Park, MA, which has sat idle for years, soon will see new life as Boston’s — and all of New England’s — first affordable housing community...