To help with labor challenges, long-term care employers may want to look to retired workers. Many baby boomers who retired now are finding themselves wanting to return to work, and companies are welcoming...
GAO, OSHA testify regarding Labor Department agency’s preparedness for future emergencies
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 26, 2022
The Occupational Health and Safety Administration’s role in protecting the nation’s long-term care and other workers, and the agency’s preparedness to act in the event of another public health emergency...
Building a thriving care workforce means addressing burnout: Surgeon General advisory
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 24, 2022
“Confronting the long-standing drivers of burnout among our health workers must be a top national priority,” Surgeon General Vivek H. Murthy, M.D., M.B.A. said in an advisory published Monday.
Program gets $6 million to expand CNA training, mentorship program
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 23, 2022
An additional $6 million investment will expand the WisCaregiver Careers workforce development program to address the shortage of certified nursing assistants in the state’s nursing homes, Wisconsin...
Law requiring women on corporate boards is unconstitutional, judge rules
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 20, 2022
A California law requiring corporate boards to name at least three women as directors is unconstitutional, a federal judge ruled May 13. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Maureen Duffy-Lewis said that the...
Immigration reform could ease labor challenges, Secretary Walsh says
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 19, 2022
Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh talked about the importance of significant immigration reform at a House hearing this week.
Providers, associations must work together to ease workforce woes: PHI
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Apr 12, 2022
Long-term care providers and advocacy groups must work with state officials to ease workforce woes via targeted policies, according to a report from PHI.
As pandemic-related workforce challenges continue to plague long-term care, operators find themselves competing with a “gig economy,” where many workers want to be paid immediately for services rendered...
Monthly fee increases in independent living hit historic high: Ziegler
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 28, 2022
Monthly fees for independent living residents increased at a higher rate than in previous years, and they are higher than predictions made last year, according to respondents to a survey by specialty investment...
Omnibus appropriations package sets aside $275 million to address visa backlog
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 16, 2022
The $1.5 trillion Consolidated Appropriations Act passed by Congress last week includes a $275 million omnibus appropriations package that will help the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services address...