Tap $400B budget line to reshape direct care opportunities: researchers
By
Kimberly Marselas
May 19, 2023
The Biden administration should use some of the $400 billion it wants to spend shoring up home- and community-based services on support systems for direct care workers, including the certified nurse aides...
Nursing homes reimagine caregiver roles for new era
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Kimberly Marselas
Mar 06, 2023
In the wake of a historic shortage of nurses and assistants, America’s nursing homes have been forced to get creative when it comes to hiring, scheduling and retaining workers.
Now many are pushing lawmakers...
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...
CNA candidates ‘giving up’ as exam openings fail to keep pace with worker demand
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Kimberly Marselas
Jun 27, 2022
Thousands of certified nurse aide candidates are struggling to find exam placements across the US, with many of them under a fast-approaching deadline to become certified before a four-month, temporary...
Clinical briefs for Wednesday, April 20
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Alicia Lasek
Apr 20, 2022
In-house CNA training program is one CCRC’s answer to workforce shortage … Cardiovascular mortality falls among dialysis patients … Alzheimer’s brain plaques linked to later psychiatric symptoms...
State exceeds goal of adding 1,000 CNAs
By
Danielle Brown
Apr 01, 2022
Nursing homes short on workers in Minnesota could soon be welcoming hundreds of new certified nursing assistants to their ranks.
Nursing assistants’ perspective holds the key to solving your staffing woes
By
Lindsey Creapeau
Jennifer Johs-Artisensi
Mar 25, 2022
We all know it – staffing (or lack thereof) is a critical issue in long-term care, now more than ever. Recruitment and retention of qualified caregivers are at the forefront of most of our conversations....
CNAs cite staffing shortage as biggest on-the-job challenge: survey
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Mar 07, 2022
“This survey reveals not only that CNAs are burned out and frustrated, but also that the CNA staffing shortage itself is posing the greatest challenge to their work right now,” NAHCA CEO Lori Porter...
‘Staggering’ 23% of nurse aides, other SNF support workers face hunger
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Kimberly Marselas
Sep 09, 2021
Nearly a quarter of healthcare support workers in nursing homes and other residential care settings struggle with hunger, according to a first-of-its kind study published in Health Affairs Wednesday.
Even with PHE extension, providers worry about early demise of nurse aide waiver
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Kimberly Marselas
Jul 21, 2021
The ongoing Public Health Emergency extends CMS waivers related to hiring, admissions and assessment practices. But as the agency has already shown, it has the authority to revoke those Section 1135 waivers...