Sweeping policy changes recommended to address long-term care workforce shortages
By
Josh Henreckson
May 17, 2024
As long-term care faces mounting workforce challenges, a North Carolina task force is recommending sweeping policy changes to support registered nurses and licensed practical nurses in the sector.
‘Locked and loaded’: CareTrust touts lending as source of growing pipeline
By
Kimberly Marselas
May 06, 2024
A new deal that extends CareTrust’s partnership with the Ensign Group is an example of the company’s willingness to “lend with a purpose” as a means to grow its real estate holdings, leaders said...
Creditor dispute holds up major nursing home bankruptcy sale
By
Josh Henreckson
Apr 29, 2024
Petersen Healthcare — operator of nearly 100 rural Midwest long-term care facilities — hit a snag last week in its plans to restructure and sell struggling facilities as part of a Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
Cindy Smith has perhaps one of the greatest skills needed for long-term care: the knowledge and experience to reduce the time needed to obtain a prior authorization.
Report: Nursing homes’ reliance on agency staffing during pandemic resulted in hits to bottom lines
By
Kristen Fischer
Aug 03, 2023
It’s no secret that nursing homes dealt with challenges in staffing from COVID-19. A study released last week in JAMA Network Open aimed to better understand how nursing home administrators thought about...
Prisons saw fewer staffing problems than nursing homes did during pandemic: report
By
Jessica R. Towhey
Sep 25, 2023
Fewer facilities run by the US Bureau of Prisons experienced staffing shortages during the pandemic than nursing homes, according to a new federal report.
Pandemic loans showed dollars will move the staffing shortage needle: study
By
Jessica R. Towhey
Jul 28, 2023
An analysis of the forgivable loans that many nursing homes took during the pandemic shows that additional funding can positively deliver higher staffing levels.
County gets creative with federal funding to alleviate LTC staffing shortage
By
Jessica R. Towhey
Oct 16, 2023
A county in upstate New York will use $11 million in federal funds to expand two nursing workforce development programs to address staffing shortages in long-term care facilities.
Pandemic resulted in nurses shifting from hospitals to other settings, study finds
By
Kristen Fischer
Feb 22, 2024
A shortage of registered nurses in the first two years of the pandemic was probably temporary, according to a new report. That’s because the workforce rebounded in 2022 and 2023, the authors said. Even...
Recruiting, retention strategies shared by McKnight’s Women of Distinction
By
Foster Stubbs
May 16, 2024
“Hire the right people, and hire them as quickly as possible.”