RN salaries increase, and so do workplace violence, mental health concerns
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Apr 10, 2024
Salaries for registered nurses increased by 2.6% last year, and workplace violence and mental health concerns also grew. That’s according to the 2024 Nurse Salary and Work-Life Report, released Tuesday...
Activist investor Land & Buildings responded Thursday to the supplemental proxy that National Health Investors published Tuesday.
Vote for incumbent directors, NHI advises in supplemental proxy
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 09, 2024
National Health Investors is asking stockholders to reject an activist investor’s recommendation to not re-elect two of three people up for re-election to the board of the Murfreesboro, TN-based real...
Healthcare ranks second among industries with workers frustrated by low pay: survey
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jan 19, 2024
Healthcare workers rank second among those frustrated about their industry’s pay, according to a recent analysis from USA Today Blueprint.
Governor reevaluates $25 minimum wage for healthcare workers
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jan 12, 2024
In the wake of a projected $38 billion deficit, California Gov. Gavin Newson (D) is reevaluating an incremental minimum wage increase to $25 an hour for nursing homes, assisted living and other healthcare-related...
‘Slow but continual recovery’ predicted for healthcare REITs: Fitch
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jan 02, 2024
US healthcare real estate investment trusts should experience a slow but continual recovery in 2024, a new analysis from Fitch Ratings predicts
OSHA, NAHCA alliance aims to protect CNAs from safety and health hazards
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Dec 21, 2023
A new alliance between the Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration and the National Association of Health Care Assistants aims to help protect certified nursing assistants...
Eleventh hour spending bill includes $117 billion for HHS
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 26, 2024
A $1.2 trillion spending bill approved by the Senate early Saturday morning includes $117 billion for Department of Health and Human Services operations. This sum allocates $4.1 billion for the administrative...
New York awards $30 million for supportive housing for older adults and others
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Feb 13, 2024
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) has announced $30 million in supportive housing funding for older adults, veterans, survivors of domestic and gender-based violence, and families experiencing chronic homelessness...
Aramark ‘running full steam’ into long-term care with more than dining
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jun 11, 2024
Food service company Aramark announced its planned re-entry into senior living and care last November at the LeadingAge Annual Meeting. The effort now is in full swing as Aramark SeniorLIFE+, with help...