Staffing relief ahead? House members launch new LTC caucus amid reform push
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jun 08, 2022
A new congressional caucus will focus on concerns specific to the long-term care sector, lawmakers and provider representatives announced at a briefing here Tuesday.
With 41% leap in nursing home costs, ‘doing nothing’ not an option: AHCA
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jun 07, 2022
After two years in which nursing homes have been pilloried in the media and come under increased regulatory scrutiny, the nation’s top provider organization hopes two days of in-person meetings with...
AHCA/NCAL: When inspected during pandemic, most nursing homes deficiency-free
By
Alicia Lasek
Mar 28, 2022
Despite navigating unprecedented hardship and loss during the pandemic, there is evidence that care in nursing homes held steady in a number of quantifiable areas, according to the organization’s...
Pandemic crisis ‘far from over’ in senior living, Argentum tells feds
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Mar 25, 2022
While the nation turns the page on the crisis stage of the COVID-19 pandemic, Argentum is asking the Biden administration to redouble its efforts to help vulnerable older adults and their frontline caregivers.
OSHA accepting new comments on healthcare worker COVID-19 protection rule
By
Lois A. Bowers
Mar 23, 2022
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is accepting additional comments as it establishes a final rule meant to protect long-term care workers and other healthcare providers from exposure to...
Hospital stays for nursing home residents down nearly 9%, federal data shows
By
Danielle Brown
Mar 21, 2022
Significantly fewer nursing home residents were hospitalized over the past 10 years, according to a new analysis of federal data focusing on quality of care.
Parkinson calls on providers to fight Biden’s ‘offensive’ reform plans
By
James M. Berklan
Mar 21, 2022
The leader of the nation’s largest nursing home association is urging operators to battle “ridiculous” efforts to increase fines and other parts of the administration’s recently announced reform...
Minimum staffing plan ‘unrealistic and impossible,’ nursing home chief says
By
Danielle Brown
Mar 03, 2022
The Biden administration’s premise that quality in nursing homes has gotten worse is “further from the truth,” maintains the leader of the nation’s top nursing home association.
COVID-19 deaths among nursing home staff near all-time high
By
Amy Novotney
Jan 13, 2022
Deaths from COVID-19 among nursing home workers neared an all time high last week, according to a report released Wednesday by the American Health Care Association and National Center for Assisted Living.
CMS push for staff hours, turnover data a ‘gut punch,’ to struggling nursing homes
By
Amy Novotney
Jan 13, 2022
Industry reaction has been mixed since the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announcement last week that it will begin posting nursing home staff turnover rates and weekend staffing levels on the...