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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...

It’s going to take more than just money to entice people into healthcare and get them to stay

As the editors of the June 2021 volume of The Gerontologist put it, “Workforce issues are the most significant challenges facing the long-term care industry.”  This special edition of the journal...

Today, if you search for MDS jobs nationwide you will find a staggering number of open positions. On any given day you can find more than 1,200 to 1,400 open positions across the United States.  That’s...

To vax or not to vax, that is the question. Or more precisely, if you’re an employer, to mandate employee vaccination or not. In a time when discussions of vaccinations are polarized, politicized and...

A community nursing home with nearly 250 employees achieved 100% COVID-19 vaccine uptake after making shots a condition of employment, and a new case study details how leaders worked to minimize potential...

Providers basking in what appeared to be a major bright spot of the 2022 SNF PPS final pay rule still have plenty to be worried about, one of the industry’s leading payment experts warned Wednesday.

More than 50% of Florida long-term care facilities are being forced to limit admissions due to ongoing workforce shortages exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new report from the Florida...

The skilled nursing market is at an inflection point after COVID-19 significantly increased costs while bringing on a sharp drop in revenue. As skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) struggle to provide high-quality,...

PruittHealth, the nation’s 11th largest nursing home chain, partnered with Community Health Services of Georgia and A.G. Rhodes to jointly announce Monday that they are making COVID-19 vaccinations a...