Tried-and-true apprenticeship program offers window into potential staffing solution
By
Joe Bush
Dec 02, 2022
A healthcare apprenticeship program in rural Colorado is showing a broader embrace of apprenticeship programs might help address the nation’s healthcare worker shortage.
Also in the News for Friday, Dec. 2
By
Joe Bush
Dec 02, 2022
Minnesota program battling staffing shortage in long-term care nursing celebrates one year anniversary … Nursing home loses 21 employees in a month … Provider lobbyists discuss staff shortages, license...
CMS memo puts workplace violence in surveyors’ crosshairs
By
Joe Bush
Nov 30, 2022
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has issued a new memo reminding state surveyors of the importance of oversight of facility safety and security in the face of workplace violence,
Bill would bring equal pay and protections for agency nurses
By
Joe Bush
Nov 29, 2022
The first bill of its kind in the US would mandate that employers pay temporary workers, on average, as much as regular, direct-hire employees who do the same or similar work. The temp workers, who include...
State’s access-to-care problems reflect the country’s nursing home problems
By
Joe Bush
Nov 22, 2022
Minnesotans’ access to long-term care is low. Most of the state’s nursing homes are turning away new admissions, according to a recent analysis by LeadingAge Minnesota’s Long-Term Care Imperative.
Also in the News for Thursday, Nov. 17, 2022
By
Joe Bush
Nov 17, 2022
Wisconsin will raise direct care worker wages with Medicaid increase in 2023 … Justice Department launches disability rights investigation into Missouri’s use of SNFs … Hospitals ask Congress...
Focused aging services apprenticeships would ease staffing woes, advocates say
By
Joe Bush
Nov 16, 2022
One way to refill the long-term care staffing pipeline is with a robust apprenticeship program that sends students to many of the nation’s nursing homes, officials with nonprofit nursing home advocate...
US News adds nursing home ownership tenure, weekend staffing, infection data to its ratings
By
Joe Bush
Nov 15, 2022
US News & World Report’s well-known nursing home ratings kicked up the heat on operators this year, adding information on ownership tenure, weekend staffing levels and infections.
State lawmakers consider cutting CNA training hours, hiking Medicaid pay to address staffing woes
By
Joe Bush
Nov 14, 2022
Raising state Medicaid pay rates and financial support for nursing homes and greater accountability for supplemental staffing agencies are getting a hard look from the Kansas legislature and provider advocacy...
Study isolates nursing home leaders’ unique COVID-era stressors
By
Joe Bush
Nov 10, 2022
Excessive feelings of guilt, extra infection control precautions, unprecedented long work hours and personal healthcare sacrifices were common among nursing home leaders during the height of the pandemic,...