Value-based care, tech, workforce issues among hot topics senior living experts dish on
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Sep 12, 2024
Innovation, technology, affordable assisted living, dementia and memory care, value-based care and workforce issues were among the hot topics senior living experts discussed during a McKnight’s Senior...
Government shutdown could derail momentum of legislation benefiting senior living
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Sep 28, 2023
A government shutdown would suspend a wide range of government programs, furlough federal workers and freeze momentum on several legislative priorities supported by the senior living industry.
Federal apprenticeship program would get $3.8 billion boost under bipartisan bill
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 16, 2023
The bipartisan National Apprenticeship Act of 2023, if signed into law, would invest more than $3.8 billion over five years and create almost a million new opportunities, Andrea Price-Carter, director,...
COVID, workforce, financial issues confront senior living providers as 2023 starts, leaders say
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jan 03, 2023
Addressing the burnout plaguing existing employees while working to entice others to join the industry will be a focus of providers in 2023.
Take the points
By
John O'Connor
Oct 12, 2023
Several pieces of news provide reasons to feel optimistic about the near future of senior living.
White House thrusts long-term care into COVID-19 winter preparedness plans
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Dec 16, 2022
The White House has made long-term care facilities a key element of its focus on preventing a winter surge of COVID-19.
OSHA’s move to make COVID standards permanent met with skepticism from long-term care industry groups
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jan 05, 2023
The final version of the Occupational Health and Safety Administration’s rule meant to protect healthcare workers from COVID-19 has reached the White House Office of Management and Budget for review...
Immigration policy proposals encouraging as staffing solution, senior living provider groups say
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jan 11, 2023
As senior living providers continue to face severe workforce shortages, advocacy groups are encouraged by steps taken by the Biden administration to address immigration.
New campaign aims to address ‘unprecedented workforce crisis’
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jan 12, 2023
Skilled nursing and assisted living operators are experiencing an “unprecedented workforce crisis,” American Health Care Association / National Center for Assisted Living President and CEO Mark Parkinson...
COVID-19 healthcare standards must reflect current stage of pandemic, industry group says
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jan 06, 2023
As the federal government mulls a forthcoming final healthcare standard on COVID-19, one senior living advocacy group is pushing for consistent protocols that recognize the current stage of the pandemic.