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...
While staffing shortages have plagued the long-term care industry for quite some time, the coronavirus pandemic has certainly shone a spotlight on the issue and worsened it. At the start of...
Overcoming the Staffing Shortage and Improving Operational Efficiency in Home Health Care with Better...
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Indecision: Sinking ships and endangering lives
By
Kimberly Marselas
Oct 20, 2021
Will Congress continue to turn a deaf ear to the nursing home crisis if residents are dying for want of stability, if hospitals are backed up and unable to discharge patients for lack of admitting facilities?
Emerging from the Pandemic: Handling the Workforce Crisis
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McKnight’s Long-Term Care News Newsmakers Podcast with Amy Stewart
Oct 19, 2021
In this podcast, McKnight’s Danielle Brown interviews Amy Stewart of AAPACN about the pending federal vaccine mandate, staffing shortages and infection control strategies providers can take now to avoid...
Taking control back
By
Matt Salmon
Oct 19, 2021
I think it’s important that we recognize the impact COVID has had on our staff — and in some cases, recognize the damage it has done. Our staff are experiencing dissatisfaction and disconnection at...
Also in the News for Tuesday, Oct. 19
Oct 19, 2021
How providers can improve telemedicine use in nursing homes … National Guard called in to help Minnesota providers with staffing shortages … Proposals on Medicaid reimbursement, cost-of-living adjustments...
Clinical briefs for Tuesday, Oct. 19
By
Alicia Lasek
Oct 19, 2021
With consent required, Illinois is a ‘national model’ for chemical restraint laws in nursing homes, senator says … Biosimilar substitute for rheumatoid arthritis drug Humira gets thumbs-up from FDA...
How a long-term care operator used immigrant program to overcome chronic staff shortages
By
Danielle Brown
Oct 18, 2021
Instead of waiting for solutions from state and federal health officials, a Chicago long-term care provider has taken its staffing shortage crisis into its own hands by reaching overseas for help.