LeadingAge is stepping up calls on Congress to adopt a COVID relief package addressing the dangers that the pandemic poses to senior living residents and other older adults.
As nursing homes, assisted living communities and home care agencies recover from the COVID-19 pandemic, they continue to face another daunting challenge: the ongoing low supply of direct care workers to assist the growing numbers of aging Americans. To help the industry build a stronger, more equitable workforce, long-term care workers should receive a family-sustaining wage, full-time hours for those who want them, as well as paid leave, health insurance and retirement benefits, among other things.
The owner of eight Modesto, CA-based residential care facilities said the company has implemented new safeguards after it was ordered to pay $135,092 in back pay to 56 employees, along with civil penalties, for what the U.S. Department of Labor called “widespread” violation of minimum wage and overtime requirements.
Home care workers at Red Lion Home Care in Wynnewood, PA, claim that the home care agency cut their hourly rates during the weeks they worked overtime in order to shrink their time-and-a-half rates. This is according to a proposed class action lawsuit filed in a Philadelphia state court.
An undeniable consequence of the November elections is that Democrats now rule the roost in Washington. And it appears that one of their first orders of business is to rebalance labor relations — and not in ways most managers are likely to welcome.
CareAcademy, a provider of online training for senior care workers, announced on Wednesday a partnership with the Visiting Nurse Service of New York (VNSNY) that will enable an important first for VNSNY members — online courses for achieving and maintaining home care certification.
Long-term care corporate executives saw an average increase in salary of 2.98% in 2020, according to the 2020–2021 Multi-Facility Corporate Compensation Report released Monday by the Hospital & Healthcare Compensation Service.
The Biden administration could transform the direct care workforce with stepped-up funding, according to PHI VP of Policy Robert Espinoza in a Monday op-ed piece.
A group of federal lawmakers has resurrected legislation that could result in major labor law changes that potentially would exacerbate workforce challenges already facing the senior living industry, industry experts say.
Patient-centered innovations, policy barriers, data sharing and workforce issues are some of the leadership challenges facing home care in 2021 and beyond. This, according to three association leaders speaking at Thursday’s Axxess-sponsored webinar on Leadership Perspectives on Home Care in 2021.
