$1.3 billion omnibus bill targets Minnesota’s long-term care workforce crisis
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 28, 2022
A comprehensive health and human services reform bill passed Tuesday by the Minnesota Senate aims to address the state’s long-term care workforce crisis.
Staffing flexibility does little to address long-term workforce crisis, leaders say
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jan 26, 2022
Flexibility tied to staff certification is aimed at helping Maryland’s assisted living communities and other long-term care facilities, pharmacies and hospitals address staffing shortages amidst the...
Pining for the workforce challenges of 2019
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Lois A. Bowers
Dec 07, 2020
As we pass the nine-month mark since the first known case of coronavirus arrived in a U.S. long-term care facility, a new survey provides more evidence that the pandemic has exacerbated long-standing workforce...
Poor job quality, COVID-19 pandemic hurt direct care workforce: PHI report
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Oct 14, 2020
COVID-19 has “ravaged” assisted living and other long-term care settings, with direct care workers on the frontlines struggling to remain in their jobs and provide quality care without sufficient training,...
‘Living wage’ would benefit 75 percent of direct care workforce: LeadingAge report
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Sep 23, 2020
The coronavirus pandemic has highlighted the role of the country’s 3.5 million direct care workers on the front lines of the public health crisis, but those workers are undervalued and face barriers...
‘Beginning to crumble’: Providers face operational crisis in battling COVID-19
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Sep 17, 2020
A survey of long-term care providers in Pennsylvania provides a “sobering” look at how the pandemic is affecting operations and should be cause for “immediate alarm,” according to an association...
Legislation seeks to address long-term care workforce challenges post-COVID-19
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Sep 04, 2020
The Pennsylvania Legislature is working on legislation to ease workforce shortages in the senior living industry and create a permanent pathway to employment as the state’s older adult population climbs.
COVID-19 crisis exposes flaws in long-term care system, report says
By
Lois A. Bowers
Apr 29, 2020
A new report offers some reasons why long-term care leaders have been struggling to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, and it also provides some potential solutions to those challenges, according to PHI.
More news for Thursday, July 29
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jul 29, 2021
‘Workforce crisis is here,’ exec tells lawmakers … Affordable senior housing sees fewer COVID-19 cases, more vaccinations … Assisted living community under investigation following death of resident...
Associations join forces in call for Provider Relief Fund changes
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Mar 03, 2022
Long-term care industry advocates joined forces Tuesday in support of a bill delaying paperwork requirements and expanding the uses for Provider Relief Fund dollars. They also urged leaders in Congress...