State announces $275M in funds for affordable senior housing, workforce housing infrastructure
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Apr 11, 2024
Developers and municipalities in Wisconsin now have $275 million in funding newly available to them to cover the cost of installing, replacing, upgrading or improving public infrastructure related to affordable...
Business briefs, Feb. 7
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Feb 07, 2024
Feds should help with LTC workforce pipeline, leader says … Proposed initiative effectively would kill LTC payroll tax program … Maryland funding bill could increase workforce challenges for providers...
Task force to study long-term care workforce challenges
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Feb 02, 2024
A new task force in Wisconsin will work to find solutions to the staffing issues facing senior living, skilled nursing and other healthcare providers.
Business briefs, Jan. 2
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jan 02, 2024
Senior living starts 2024 facing workforce challenges, financial issues… ‘Bleak’ outlook: Unknowns and impossibilities shrink nursing home provider optimism for 2024 … IRS increases employee retention...
Business briefs, Nov. 13
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Nov 13, 2023
Lawmakers propose 3 ways to address long-term care workforce challenges … Geography matters in senior living trademark battle, judge finds … Industry veteran uses expertise to advance gender, ethnic...
$1.6 million grant will help older workers train for CNA, other healthcare roles
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Oct 11, 2023
The National Council on Aging has received a $1.6 million AmeriCorps Seniors grant to test a program to train adults aged 55 or more years to become certified nurse assistants, electrocardiogram technicians...
Immigration a possible answer to ‘demographic drought’ draining state’s workforce
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Sep 19, 2023
A “demographic drought” brought about by an aging population, increasing retirements, declining fertility rates and lower immigration rates is threatening Minnesota’s workforce in general and in...
Bill increasing paid sick leave from 3 to 5 days awaits governor’s signature
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Sep 15, 2023
Employers in California would be required to allow workers to take five days of sick leave per year, rather than the three days currently required by law, under legislation passed Wednesday by the California...
Career pathway programs can mitigate workforce shortages: report
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jul 21, 2023
Some states are looking at developing career pathway programs as a strategy to address or mitigate workforce shortages in long-term care, according to a recent report from the National Conference of State...
Long-term care staffing challenges likely to worsen, commission reports
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 10, 2023
Staffing challenges in long-term care are only expected to get worse, according to a report released Monday by the Pennsylvania Joint State Government Commission.