Workforce, living environment changes key to long-term care reform: AARP
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jun 02, 2021
To overcome staffing shortages common in long-term care, operators will need to provide adequate pay and benefits, safe working conditions and career structures that enable advancement that will ensure...
Workers could get 12 weeks of paid leave under Biden’s newly proposed American Families Plan
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Amy Novotney
Apr 29, 2021
Senior living and care operators soon could be required to provide workers with 12 weeks of paid family and medical leave, thanks to President Joe Biden’s newly proposed American Families Plan.
Double-shifts, time sharing and tiers may be part of ‘creative’ approach needed to boost staff recruitment...
By
Amy Novotney
Apr 28, 2021
To recruit new employees into senior care, the key approach is using creativity and offering flexibility, according to Bette McNee, RN, a senior clinical risk management consultant at Graham Company, one...
‘Fairly large contingent’ of National Guard will alleviate ‘healthcare backups’ at long-term...
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Oct 19, 2021
“A fairly large contingent” of the National Guard will be enlisted to help with a statewide long-term care worker shortage that is hampering hospitals’ ability to transfer people with COVID-19 patients...
Citing staffing concerns, 2 governors ask for ‘relief’ from CMS vaccine mandate
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Feb 02, 2022
Republican governors Jim Justice of West Virginia and Glenn Youngkin of Virginia requested “relief” Monday in the form of broader exemptions from the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ vaccine...
$200,000 sign-on bonus program seeks to entice nurse aides to long-term care
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Feb 07, 2022
The North Dakota Department of Health will spend up to $200,000 to recruit temporary nurse aides and certified nurse aides for long-term care facilities in an effort to help combat a caregiver workforce...
Skilled nursing, assisted living providers offer incentives to attract caregivers
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jun 14, 2021
Long-term care staff shortages have become commonplace across the board since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. Some skilled nursing and assisted living providers are offering perks such as referral...
Michigan healthcare industry asks state for $650M to address staffing shortages
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Nov 10, 2021
Michigan’s Healthcare Workforce Sustainability Alliance is asking the Michigan legislature for $650 million to help offset staffing shortages. The funds would be directed toward rewarding current...
Judge rejects sick leave and emergency family leave restrictions
By
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.
Labor Department launches initiative to ensure providers pay ‘rightful’ wages to caregivers
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Nov 24, 2021
The U.S. Department of Labor announced Tuesday the launch of an ongoing education, outreach and enforcement initiative to ensure that employers pay caregivers “their rightful wages and honor all protections...