This state is reporting 93 percent occupancy — not counting the 3,000 beds offline due to staffing...
By
Jessica R. Towhey
Apr 12, 2023
Nursing homes need to be able to pay a living wage to have a chance of countering a major workforce crisis that has left 3,000 beds offline, the state’s leading sector advocacy group testified Monday.
Implementing the federal staffing mandate will do more than just stir the pot
By
Zach Shamberg
May 17, 2024
How’s this for a truly perplexing recipe? Nursing homes are closing, access to care for seniors and adults with disabilities is being restricted, Medicaid reimbursement can’t keep pace with the true...
Who counts? A staffing rule conundrum
By
Kimberly Marselas
Apr 25, 2024
Nursing home operators are still missing one key detail needed to complete the complicated mathematical equations that will dominate their planning and spending for the next few years.
NJ wants to rebuild nursing workforce
By
Kristen Fischer
Jan 12, 2024
New Jersey is hoping to rebuild its workforce of nurses — including those in assisted living communities — due to high turnover, according to a new report.
Navigating the future of long-term care: Staffing, tech and innovation
Nov 29, 2023
It’s no secret that long-term care and post-acute healthcare are facing significant staffing shortages and unprecedented turnover rates. But what perhaps isn’t as well known — or at least not taken...
Top concern of post-acute patients is staff competence, small study finds
By
Alicia Lasek
Dec 14, 2022
Staff competence and professionalism lend confidence that restored health and independence are in sight, patients told investigators.
‘Understaffing’ alleged in nursing home class action suit doubling as notice to industry
By
Joe Bush
Sep 29, 2022
A class action lawsuit filed Monday is seeking a court order to stop regional provider Alden Management Services from what plaintiffs call “an ongoing practice of profiting from systematically and knowingly...
Major nurse-aide survey reveals top worries, ways to improve
By
James M. Berklan
Jul 27, 2023
Wednesday marked the start of a new CNA Fest in Little Rock, AR, and with it came results of a certified nursing aide survey that emphasized issues that have bothered nursing home direct care workers for...
Pharmacists want bigger role after providing pandemic staffing boost
By
Joe Bush
Nov 09, 2022
Pharmacists are yearning to expand on their success helping skilled nursing facilities during the pandemic, a top executive said Monday.
House COVID-19 hearing will focus on nursing homes’ crisis, future
By
Joe Bush
Sep 20, 2022
The plight of nursing home residents and staff during the COVID-19 pandemic will be in the spotlight Wednesday when experts testify at a House subcommittee hearing about its devastating effects and offer...