Pressures mount for staffing agencies accused of price gouging long-term care operators
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jan 31, 2022
While senior living and other long-term care leaders are being joined by other healthcare groups, and even members of Congress, to call for federal action against price-gouging by temporary staffing agencies,...
Potential coronavirus leads to quarantine, no-visitor policies at Nebraska senior living communities
By
Lois A. Bowers
Mar 10, 2020
Two Nebraska senior living communities are under quarantine, and two others are not allowing visitors “out of an abundance of caution” after the communities’ operator learned that an employee of...
Report calls for regulatory changes to address acuity, staffing challenges
By
Lois A. Bowers
May 30, 2017
Many challenges faced by assisted living communities in a populous state can be attributed to staffing requirements that have not kept pace with resident needs that are increasing in acuity, according...