Retired nurses ‘reluctant’ to join coronavirus battle
By
Danielle Brown
Apr 01, 2020
The coronavirus pandemic has brought pleas from across the country for retired nurses, doctors and other clinicians to re-engage to help alleviate staffing shortages.
BREAKING: CMS wallops nursing homes with planned staffing requirements and increased penalties
By
Danielle Brown
Feb 28, 2022
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will establish minimum staffing requirements for skilled nursing facilities as part of a plan to “crack down on unsafe nursing homes,” the White House announced...
At the crossroads: Legal considerations where government investigations overlap with tort risk in long-term...
By
Tom Barnard
Jill Steinberg
May 19, 2020
Note: See full list of authors below story. In roughly the seventh week after a majority of states and the federal government issued emergency declarations or “lock down” executive orders,...
Nursing homes down 200K frontline workers, with more COVID cases on the way
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jun 29, 2021
The U.S. is facing a certified nurse aide shortage of about 200,000, with the situation made more dire by a surging number of unvaccinated aides being forced to quarantine with cases of a new COVID-19...
Leading long-term care industry advocates are eyeing a registered nurse staffing requirement and enhanced Medicaid funding under a set of “bold” reform measures aimed at improving that long-term care...
Model shows how U.S. might halve COVID nursing home deaths
By
Danielle Brown
Feb 18, 2021
The United States’ method of financing long-term care services, as well as infection control practices and facilities’ average size have been key factors why U.S. nursing homes have experienced more...
Parkinson: ‘Bold proposals’ expected for long-term care transformation
By
Liza Berger
Jan 05, 2021
Ambitious ideas regarding long-term care’s future can be expected when mass vaccinations bring some stability and conditions settle down, said American Health Care Association CEO and President Mark...
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will not be enforcing its rule requiring healthcare workers at Medicare- and Medicaid-certified facilities to be vaccinated against COVID-19 while preliminary...
Pandemic highlights opportunity to improve gender equity in the workplace
By
Candace Wallace
Jan 06, 2022
One of the silver linings of the pandemic has been the attention it has brought to long-standing gender disparity in the workplace. That heightened awareness, however, came at a steep cost as pandemic...
Time to forgive those impossible choices
By
Kimberly Marselas
Apr 21, 2021
For anyone who thinks classic literature and caregiving have no overlap, I present for your consideration that 1866 great, “Crime and Punishment.” Back in high school, the book’s 700 or so pages...