Support, data, immigration reform necessary to address caregiver workforce shortage
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Dec 08, 2023
Supportive environments to increase retention, domestic and immigration policy reform, and solid data-gathering measures are among the recommendations coming out of a new report addressing the direct care...
DOL rule increases cap for H-2B nonimmigrant visas
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Nov 22, 2023
US Citizenship and Immigration Services has issued a temporary final rule to increase the cap for H-2B nonimmigrant visas by up to 64,716 additional visas for fiscal year 2024.
Business briefs, Nov. 10
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Nov 10, 2023
DHS announces countries eligible for H-2A and H-2B visa programs … Assisted living residents, others, had $1.5 billion+ stolen in a year, DOJ says … Senators, attorneys general defend proposed staffing...
Business briefs, Nov. 9
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Nov 09, 2023
Future of senior living requires new blueprint: panel … Home care deals drop to 18 in Q3 2023, Mertz Taggart reports … Clearing backlog of green card applications could add $39 trillion to GDP over...
Business briefs, Nov. 6
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Nov 06, 2023
Congress reintroduces nursing, immigration bill … Online training program for assisted living develops out of home care program … Fitch Ratings affirms John Knox Village at BBB; outlook stable …...
‘Unique’ senior living workforce challenges have 3 solutions, former Speaker Paul Ryan says
By
Lois A. Bowers
Oct 25, 2023
CHICAGO — Three keys to solving workforce shortages in senior living and skilled nursing are changes to the country’s social safety net, reforms to immigration policies, and the use of technology,...
Employers to face increased scrutiny when hiring immigrants
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Oct 23, 2023
Employers will face increased scrutiny when they temporarily hire noncitizens to perform nonagricultural labor or services in the United States, according to a federal H-2B Worker Protection Taskforce...
Business briefs, Oct. 17
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Oct 17, 2023
Enlivant given HQ eviction notice as it struggles with layoffs … Atria to pay $1.3M in wage class-action settlement … Governor vetoes bill that would have increased affordable senior housing … USCIS...
Federal interventions needed to support immigrants, a solution to workforce shortages: report
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Sep 28, 2023
Federal-level policy interventions, such as providing work authorizations and pathways to citizenship, are needed to better support immigrant direct care workers and address workforce shortages, according...
Homeland Security says proposed rule for temporary foreign workers will help employers
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Sep 21, 2023
The Department of Homeland Security said that a proposed rule published Wednesday in the Federal Register will “modernize and improve” regulations related to the H-2B temporary nonagricultural worker...