Leaders outline keys for accelerating LTC vaccination process
By
Danielle Brown
Jan 15, 2021
Cash bonuses and vigorous education campaigns have been among the tools used by different types of long-term care operators to increase staff participation in getting the COVID-19 vaccine, according to...
Confirmed: LTC facing worst job losses among all healthcare providers
By
Danielle Brown
Nov 11, 2021
Workforce shortages in other sectors of healthcare don’t come close to the job losses the long-term care industry has suffered during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new report by the American...
Cross training across LTC industry key solution for addressing worker shortage: experts
By
Danielle Brown
Jun 07, 2021
The long-term care sector should use the coronavirus public health crisis as an opportunity to explore broader training opportunities that would allow staff members to work across multiple settings, including...
House lawmakers take another run at COVID liability protections for providers, workers
By
Danielle Brown
May 12, 2021
House lawmakers are taking another stab at ensuring COVID-19 liability protections for frontline healthcare providers and workers.
Campaign pledges to make millions of masks for providers; SNFs receive first donations
By
Danielle Brown
Apr 02, 2020
Two Washington state skilled nursing facilities were the first in the state to receive hand-stitched face masks in a global campaign to provide millions of masks to providers amid critical shortages.
Skilled nursing facilities find new opportunities, new challenges with 60% rule
By
John Andrews
Apr 01, 2008
Since the reduction of the so-called 75% Rule to 60%, SNFs have to work even harder to attract Part A therapy residents
Nonprofit tapped by Congress invests $11M to boost vaccination rates among long-term care workers
By
Alicia Lasek
Jul 15, 2021
The studies will compare methods of encouraging vaccine uptake. One will recruit 6,000 workers at 30 long-term care facilities in Washington state and Georgia. The other, at Dartmouth College, will recruit...
Care not same as caring
By
Mary Eleanor Wickersham
May 01, 2008
When “Dianne Butler’s” mother was rushed to the emergency room with signs of a heart attack, the ER nurses quickly cut away her snug, pullover silk shift. Hurrying to do CPR and start...
Massachusetts nursing home blazes trail by emptying out to become COVID-19-specific facility
By
Liza Berger
Mar 31, 2020
In a rare move that is likely to be replicated throughout the country, a nursing home in Massachusetts this week is transforming itself to become the state’s first facility for treating patients with...
Providers push feds for more support in hiring foreign workers amid workforce crisis
By
Danielle Brown
Jun 16, 2022
Amid an ongoing push for legislative fixes that could make more immigrants to hire, the nation’s two largest nursing home associations are pursuing a regulatory course too.