Pandemic turnover study aims to give providers better options for recruitment and retention
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Amy Novotney
Oct 05, 2020
Turnover rates among nursing home workers have increased dramatically during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the LeadingAge LTSS Center @UMass Boston. Although these workers are particularly vulnerable...
Experts stress need for wage increases to decrease shortages among long-term care staff
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Amy Novotney
Dec 09, 2020
Increasing pay for direct care workers really can help long-term care operators combat staffing shortages, according to a blog post this week in Health Affairs. The article discussed how several states,...
Kentucky SNFs expect to lose at least 11% of workforce due to vaccine mandate
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Amy Novotney
Sep 07, 2021
Leaders from Kentucky’s long-term care industry implored state lawmakers Thursday to provide more support for its bruised and battered workforce.
Healthcare quarantines spur staffing concerns
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Amy Novotney
Mar 12, 2020
As nursing homes, assisted-living centers and other senior living communities across the country work overtime prepping to prevent the spread of the coronavirus among its residents and staff, operators...
Most CFOs now expect revenues to increase this year
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Amy Novotney
Apr 07, 2021
Chief financial officers around the country are optimistic about 2021, with 87% of finance leaders expecting revenues to increase this year, according to a new pulse survey of more than 700 U.S. executives...
PwC CFO survey: Global downturn is top COVID-19 concern
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Amy Novotney
Mar 25, 2020
More than three-quarters of chief financial officers in the United States and Mexico are worried that the coronavirus pandemic will lead to a global recession, finds a pulse survey released this week by...
PwC Survey: CFOs expect permanent changes following pandemic
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Amy Novotney
Apr 30, 2020
Chief financial leaders across the nation are expecting broad changes in their workplace, workflows, staffing demands, financial outlook and merger and acquisition strategy following the COVID-19 pandemic....
OSHA issues new COVID-19 guidance for employers; mandates still forthcoming
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Amy Novotney
Feb 01, 2021
In response to an executive order, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued stronger worker safety guidance Friday to help employers and workers implement COVID-19 prevention programs and...
Financial incentives, elimination of regulatory barriers may help expand availability of small-house...
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Amy Novotney
Jan 11, 2021
Despite evidence that residents within one of the best-known alternative nursing home models, the Green House Project, have fared much better amid the COVID-19 pandemic than those in traditional skilled...
Judge rejects sick leave and emergency family leave restrictions
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Amy Novotney
Aug 05, 2020
A federal judge has struck down the Department of Labor’s restrictions on which workers can access a temporary federal paid leave program, according to court documents released Monday.