Affordability, healthcare access key to best states, cities for retirees in 2022
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
May 04, 2022
Affordability, healthcare access and quality of life weighed heavily in two recent reports on the best cities and states to retire to in 2022.
Providers must work together to solve workforce issues: PHI
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 12, 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...
Study could lead to more care quality and outcomes research in assisted living
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 04, 2022
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...
Federal HCBS investment could lead to national uniformity: KFF
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Mar 09, 2022
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...
Workforce advisory council offers direct care workers voice in recruitment, retention efforts
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Feb 15, 2022
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.
Transforming direct care workforce requires innovative strategies, policy changes: study
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Feb 14, 2022
Policy changes and innovative strategies are key to transforming direct care jobs and stabilizing the workforce, according to a recent study from PHI.
Long-term care financing success requires federal program, coverage across continuum: report
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Feb 08, 2022
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...
More news for Thursday, Jan. 6
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jan 06, 2022
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...
Adults hope to receive long-term care at home, but many anticipate moving to assisted living: survey
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Dec 02, 2021
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...
Assisted living could provide new options for states focused on expanding HCBS access, quality: report
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Dec 01, 2021
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...