Senators re-introduce legislation to improve vetting, training of caregivers in nursing homes
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jun 15, 2022
Sens. Mark R. Warner (D-VA) and Tim Scott (R-SC) re-introduced legislation Monday designed to help nursing homes improve their vetting and training of caregivers to help ensure resident safety.
Building a thriving care workforce means addressing burnout: Surgeon General advisory
By
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.
$1.3 million project aims to strengthen direct care workforce
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 05, 2022
A $1.3 million federal project, with funding spread out over five years, will establish a new center to help strengthen the direct care workforce providing home- and community-based services to older...
Providers, associations must work together to ease workforce woes: PHI
By
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.
Investigations in 660 tax and money laundering cases have uncovered more than $1.8 billion in alleged COVID-19 fraud over the past two years, IRS Criminal Investigation announced Thursday.
Ukrainian refugees could find support, employment at U.S. long-term care facilities
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 18, 2022
Refugees from Ukraine could find a career path in the U.S. long-term care industry. The American Health Care Association / National Center for Assisted Living is working with the International Rescue Committee...
PREVENT Pandemics Act clears Senate committee
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 17, 2022
The Prepare for and Respond to Existing Viruses, Emerging New Threats (PREVENT) Pandemics Act is one step closer to reaching the Senate floor. The Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee approved...
Staffing requirements for assisted living, memory care could be reduced under proposed legislation
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 11, 2022
Staffing requirements adopted in 2020 for Georgia assisted living and memory care communities would be reduced under legislation proposed Tuesday by a state lawmaker who owns and operates a chain of senior...
Florida extends protection against COVID-19 legal claims for another year
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Feb 28, 2022
Long-term care and other healthcare providers will be protected against COVID-19-related legal claims until June 1, 2023, under a bill signed into law Thursday by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R).
White House requests $30 billion for additional COVID relief funding
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Feb 17, 2022
The Biden administration is requesting $30 billion from Congress for additional COVID-19 relief funding, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki confirmed Tuesday.