Assisted living’s ‘fragile’ workforce is under ‘threat’ from SNF staffing rule: NCAL leaders
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jun 04, 2024
Assisted living providers must brace for the impact of increased regulation, experts at the AHCA/NCAL Congressional Briefing warned Monday.
Brookdale finds itself in the midst of another federal inquiry, this time about skilled nursing
By
Lois A. Bowers
May 07, 2024
The country’s largest senior living company on Sunday found itself the subject of an inquiry related to a new federal mandate for minimum staffing at nursing homes. Brookdale Senior Living President...
Federal nursing home staffing mandate will siphon workers from senior living, groups fear
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 23, 2024
A federal nursing home staffing mandate will siphon workers from assisted living and other long-term care settings, in the long run limiting access to care and services, according to senior living experts...
Boosting CNA workforce is focus of state association campaign
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jan 22, 2024
The California Association of Health Facilities last week launched an awareness and recruitment campaign to draw more certified nursing assistants to senior living and long-term care.
Unionization may decrease staffing turnover in nursing homes: study
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Oct 16, 2023
As nursing homes prepare for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ proposed staffing mandate for nursing homes — 0.55 hours per resident day for registered nurses and 2.45 hours per resident...
Healthcare REIT ratings expected to hold despite staffing mandate, Fitch says
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Sep 22, 2023
Real estate investment trusts that own skilled nursing facilities are not likely to see their ratings affected by a minimum staffing rule that will affect most nursing homes across the country within the...
Overtime pay proposals could add up to trouble for nursing homes, workers, senator says
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 19, 2023
Proposals to increase the threshold for overtime pay could have serious repercussions for nursing home operators and staff members, Sen. Mike Braun (R-IN), ranking member of the Senate Special Committee...
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”...
57 percent of state’s SNFs report empty beds due to lack of staff
By
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...