Proposals would exacerbate workforce shortages, provider groups say
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Sep 20, 2024
Proposed changes to an existing law overseeing protections for older adults would delay hiring practices, create backlogs and become another unfunded mandate for Pennsylvania’s senior living and care...
HHS announces $19 million to build long-term care, acute care nurse workforce
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Lois A. Bowers
Sep 18, 2024
The federal government on Tuesday announced $19 million in funding to five schools to help educate nurses to work in long-term care and acute healthcare settings.
LeadingAge ‘mystified’ that senior living is missing from framework for National Plan on Aging
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Sep 18, 2024
Calling residential care communities such as assisted living a “vital member” of their communities, LeadingAge said it was “mystified” by its lack of inclusion in the strategic framework for a...
Workforce participation expected to continue to decline, report finds
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John Roszkowski
Aug 27, 2024
In another troubling sign for the ongoing staffing shortages facing the long-term care industry, a new report finds that US workforce participation among the prime working age population is continuing...
Workforce program gives students a taste of senior living while serving CCRC’s needs
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Sep 05, 2024
A workforce engagement program launched by a Delaware continuing care retirement community provides job opportunities for high school students and gives them a taste for senior living while filling job...
200,000 direct care workers eligible for $1,000 bonuses from state in 2025
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Aug 20, 2024
Direct care workers who support older adults and people with disabilities may qualify for bonuses of up to $1,000 from the state of Minnesota through a program aimed at addressing the state’s workforce...
Growing demand for direct care workers underscores pressing need to invest in job quality: PHI
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Sep 04, 2024
The direct care workforce serving residents in assisted living communities and other residential care settings has fluctuated in the past several years, struggling not only to return to pre-pandemic levels...
NURSE Visa act would allow qualified nurses into US to alleviate shortages
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jul 24, 2024
The National Urgent Recruitment for Skilled Employees, or NURSE, Visa Act, introduced Monday, aims to allow some foreign nurses to work in the United States amid a labor shortage
The complexity of workforce shortages
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Lois A. Bowers
Feb 27, 2023
Results of a new survey drive home the complexity of workforce shortages and point out how solving them could address other business challenges. Fifty-seven percent of Americans believe that there aren’t...
Staffing challenges need attention from federal policymakers, industry advocates say
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jul 20, 2023
Healthcare workforce shortages are at crisis levels and need attention from policymakers, according to senior living advocates.