Pleas answered: Texas providers set to receive nearly $400 million for staffing
By
Danielle Brown
Oct 21, 2021
After calling on state lawmakers to invest $400 million and help long-term care address critical workforce shortages, Texas providers are closer to receiving their wish after a critical funding bill was...
Wednesday’s Workforce Development Forum offers timely skilled nursing hiring and retention strategies
By
Kimberly Marselas
Feb 14, 2023
Want easy access to some of the nation’s best nursing and retention experts? Join us Wednesday, Feb. 15 for the year’s first McKnight’s Workforce Development Forum.
Decorating project draws on medication aide’s fine art background
By
Josh Henreckson
May 23, 2024
“When people walk into that common space, the first thing that they do is look up,” said Anna Halvorson, administrator at the Good Samaritan Society – Lakota.
Coordinator turnover threatens to cut into reimbursement: survey
By
Danielle Brown
Oct 08, 2021
Nurse assessment coordinators could start leaving long-term care facilities in waves and the resulting shortages would leave nursing homes struggling to capture full reimbursement, new research suggests.
Nursing homes becoming ‘loss leaders’ as they struggle with funds, staffing, sector leaders say
By
Joe Bush
Oct 18, 2022
DENVER – Faced with unmitigated financial pressures, nursing home operators might follow in the footsteps of group home providers who left the sector in droves in recent years, a LeadingAge leader warned...
Nursing home union wants 30-day delay of COVID vaccine mandate, potential fines
By
Danielle Brown
Aug 18, 2021
Connecticut’s largest union for nursing home workers is urging the state to delay its vaccine mandate deadline in order to give it and providers more time to educate and start inoculating employees...
Omicron variant pauses SNF occupancy recovery, top exec says
By
Danielle Brown
Feb 04, 2022
Full occupancy recovery for skilled nursing facilities is feasible over time but the omicron variant has slowed recent gains operators were seeing, according to Omega Healthcare executives.
‘Powder keg’ threat: State lawmakers consider staffing support for nursing homes
By
Danielle Brown
Nov 12, 2021
Minnesota state lawmakers are listening after long-term care industry advocates testified this week about the need for more staffing support as providers work to comply with the federal government’s...
Ask the Legal Expert
By
Norris Cunningham
Feb 01, 2022
More than 200,000 workers have left nursing homes during the pandemic. What are the legal risks of related worker shortages?
Agency staff more prevalent but less dependable: survey
By
Danielle Brown
Oct 07, 2021
Staffing struggles continue at historic levels, according to a new national survey of long-term care providers, some of whom acknowledge they are being forced to turn to fewer options to cover their workforce...