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Affordability, healthcare access and quality of life weighed heavily in two recent reports on the best cities and states to retire to in 2022.

A public education campaign would improve the public’s understanding of the direct care workforce, help recruit more workers, empower those workers to tell their own stories and publicly recognize this...

Assisted living communities could be the focus of more research into care quality and outcomes in the future now that a new study has provided a methodology for identifying Medicare beneficiaries living...

Home- and community-based services eligibility, spending and benefits vary substantially by state, but states continue to view HCBS as a way to provide an alternative to institutional long-term care, according...

A first-of-its-kind advisory council is giving Maine’s assisted living community, nursing home and home health employees a voice in policy decisions affecting them.

Policy changes and innovative strategies are key to transforming direct care jobs and stabilizing the workforce, according to a recent study from PHI.

A new federal benefit that would include taxpayer subsidies and cover the continuum of long-term care services, including residential care and home- and community-based services, would address some of...

San Francisco to require COVID-19 boosters for healthcare workers … Assisted living community cited for knowingly employing unvaccinated workers … CMS extends California’s Medicaid waivers … Senior...

It’s no surprise that most respondents to a new survey on planning for long-term care hope to receive that care in their homes, but many said that they expect that when the time comes, they’ll receive...

The COVID-19 pandemic shed light on home- and community-based services needs for older adults, leading to the introduction of several federal proposals for significant policy changes and funding. But addressing...