The workforces of long-term care providers are being stretched thin as the gap between the supply of caregivers and the number of older adults requiring care continues to grow, LeadingAge New York testified...
California mandates COVID-19 vaccination for long-term care workers
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jul 28, 2021
In an effort to counter a “pandemic of the unvaccinated” fueled by the delta variant and vaccine hesitancy, California became the first state to require all state workers, as well as workers in long-term...
Educating or ‘taking a stand’? Associations differ on approach to long-term care worker COVID vaccination
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jul 27, 2021
A growing number of professional associations are calling for COVID-19 vaccination requirements for healthcare workers, but at least one major organization is pumping the brakes on calling for an industry-wide...
Calls for COVD-19 vaccination mandates for long-term care workers draw mixed reactions
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jul 27, 2021
Fifty-seven healthcare organizations, including LeadingAge, which represents more than 5,000 nonprofit aging services providers, issued a joint statement Monday calling for long-term care and other healthcare...
LeadingAge, 56 other groups call for mandatory COVID vaccination for workers
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Lois A. Bowers
Jul 26, 2021
LeadingAge joined 56 other healthcare professional associations Monday in calling for a COVID-19 vaccination requirement for long-term care and other healthcare workers.
1.5 million reasons not to ‘rob’ senior living to pay for roads, bridges and sewer pipes
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Lois A. Bowers
Jul 26, 2021
Senior living and care leaders turned up the pressure on members of Congress on Friday, pointing out the dangers associated with a rumored plan to take $24 billion away from the Provider Relief Fund —...
Hands off $20 billion in Provider Relief Fund, senior living industry tells policymakers
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jul 23, 2021
As a group of bipartisan negotiators in Congress moves closer to finalizing a deal over the $1.2 trillion infrastructure package, senior living groups are sounding the alarm that the agreement might come...
Long-term care leaders call for investments in ‘infrastructure for aging’
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jul 22, 2021
As Congress and the administration negotiate the details of an infrastructure agreement that could top $1.2 trillion, organizations representing senior living and other long-term care providers are calling...
Key to retention? Treat new employees like internal customers, workplace culture expert says
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jul 20, 2021
Treating employment candidates and new employees like internal customers is key to workforce retention, according to a workplace culture expert.
More news for Tuesday, July 20
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jul 20, 2021
Wesley Enhanced Living latest senior living provider to mandate employee COVID-19 vaccination … Community Catalyst, LeadingAge paper outlines policy options to integrate healthcare services, affordable...