Lingering COVID ailments hamper caregivers’ return to work, require follow-up testing: study
By
Alicia Lasek (f3)
Jul 21, 2022
Nearly half of healthcare workers who had COVID-19 experience related complaints for months after coming down with the virus, said researchers releasing new study results along with back-to-work observations.
Pandemic reveals opportunities to improve indoor environment for residents, staff, experts say
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jul 20, 2022
Indoor air quality is one of the most significant factors in creating a healthy environment in senior living communities and skilled nursing facilities, according to panelists on a McKnight’s Online...
Mandated minimum staffing would cost nursing homes $10 billion annually
By
Danielle Brown
Jul 20, 2022
Providers would have to spend an additional $10 billion more per year and hire more than 187,000 new workers to meet requirements of one possible federal minimum staffing approach, according to a new analysis.
Measure protecting providers from minimum staffing penalties fails
By
Danielle Brown
Jul 15, 2022
Rhode Island nursing homes could face more than $10 million in penalties in the first quarter of 2023 alone for not meeting the state’s new minimum staffing requirement. Senate lawmakers in late June...
CMS opens up on approach to developing minimum staffing requirements
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Danielle Brown
Jul 14, 2022
Officials with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on Wednesday opened up about the “multi-faceted approach” it’s using to develop and propose minimum staffing requirements for nursing...
Feds aim to help nursing homes, others with long COVID workplace challenge
By
Danielle Brown
Jul 13, 2022
As the long-term care industry continues to grapple with a historic workforce shortage, the Department of Labor is turning its attention to solve workplace challenges associated with long COVID.
Practical steps to prepare our ‘careforce’ for the now normal
By
Fred Bonaccorso
Jul 12, 2022
Services and support for our frailest, oldest adults need to evolve and improve. We need your leadership – now and into the future – to anticipate and embrace change, to help with the continued healing...
New employee interviews, deeper dive into PBJ data could lead to more survey citations
By
Danielle Brown
Jul 01, 2022
Nursing home operators should be on high alert about the questions surveyors will ask employees about sufficient staffing after heavy emphasis was placed on the matter in updated guidance released this...
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.
New law requires dementia-specific training for assisted living staff
By
Amy Novotney
Jun 17, 2022
Colorado lawmakers have passed legislation mandating dementia-specific training for professional caregivers in certain long-term care settings.