Implementing strategies that promote true value of direct care workers will improve LTSS workforce challenges:...
By
Danielle Brown
Jul 02, 2021
The long-term services and supports sector must reimagine the direct care workforce, making employees feel more valued, to reduce turnover and improve recruitment, according to a new analysis.
‘Many lives could have been saved’: Geriatricians needed in pandemic discussions, expert says
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Danielle Brown
Jun 23, 2020
The federal government and policymakers need to fully engage experts in geriatrics and long-term care medicine to help stop COVID-19’s deadly toll on nursing homes, a long-term care expert told House...
Feds might dictate minimums nursing homes must spend on direct care workers
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Danielle Brown
Apr 21, 2022
CHICAGO — The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is considering requiring nursing homes to spend a minimum amount of federal Medicaid reimbursement dollars on direct care workers as the agency...
Parkinson: 2020 a ‘clinical nightmare and financial disaster’ but ‘we will get back’
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Danielle Brown
Oct 19, 2020
Long-term care providers entered 2020 thinking it was going to be one of the best years ever for the sector, but their hopes were quickly shattered following the onset of the coronavirus pandemic in late...
Nursing home RNs, nurse aides lead with 11 percent pay jumps: new industry survey
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Danielle Brown
Jul 29, 2022
Thanks to the conditions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, nursing home nurses averaged double-digit pay increases this year, as virtually all titles notched healthy increases, according to the industry’s...
Providers worry they might not be able to meet staff fingerprinting deadline, leading to forced terminations
By
Danielle Brown
Jul 07, 2021
Connecticut long-term care providers are quickly trying to comply with a state mandate that requires healthcare workers hired during the pandemic to submit fingerprints for a background check by July 20...
Federal COVID funding averted skilled nursing ‘collapse,’ but new dangers ahead
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Danielle Brown
May 12, 2022
Federal COVID-19 relief funding saved the skilled nursing industry from crumbling during the earlier days of the pandemic as providers struggled with increased expenses and historic occupancy lows, an...
Providers warn of access issues as waivers near their end
By
Danielle Brown
Apr 08, 2022
Phasing out several COVID-related waivers, including one allowing temporary nurse aide training, over the next several weeks will further complicate workforce struggles, skilled nursing providers said...
Governor steps into COVID vaccine mandate fray by targeting LTC workers
By
Danielle Brown
May 19, 2021
New Jersey long-term care workers could soon be mandated to receive COVID-19 vaccines under a directive from the state’s top official.
Providers plea for support after Trump nixes COVID-19 relief talks
By
Danielle Brown
Oct 08, 2020
President Trump’s abrupt decision to halt negotiations between his staff and federal lawmakers on another COVID-19 relief bill until after the election could mean doom for residents and workers at long-term...