More than 1,100 organizations urge Congress to pass anti-staffing mandate bill
By
Josh Henreckson
Mar 01, 2024
The nation’s two largest long-term care provider associations and more than 1,100 cosigners threw their support behind a federal bill that would block the nursing home staffing mandate proposed in September...
LTC faces increased staffing churn, shrinking pool of relied-upon workers: study
By
Josh Henreckson
Jan 29, 2024
The healthcare sector is experiencing increased worker turnover in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic even as employment rates have steadied in many areas of the industry, according to a new JAMA Network...
State staffing minimums provided motive to falsify nursing home records, witness testifies in ‘ghost...
By
Josh Henreckson
Nov 28, 2023
A surveyor’s testimony took the spotlight recently in a criminal fraud trial involving leaders of two nursing homes.
NJ wants to rebuild nursing workforce
By
Kristen Fischer
Jan 12, 2024
New Jersey is hoping to rebuild its workforce of nurses — including those in assisted living communities — due to high turnover, according to a new report.
Are nursing homes headed for an 80% direct-spend rule?
By
Kimberly Marselas
Dec 11, 2023
A national union on Friday skewed comments made by Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra to imply federal regulators had proposed an 80% direct care spending requirement for the nursing home...
Implementing the federal staffing mandate will do more than just stir the pot
By
Zach Shamberg
May 17, 2024
How’s this for a truly perplexing recipe? Nursing homes are closing, access to care for seniors and adults with disabilities is being restricted, Medicaid reimbursement can’t keep pace with the true...
President Biden’s staffing mandate would crush nonprofit nursing homes too
By
Brendan Williams
Jan 08, 2024
Although President Biden, once the darling of the credit card industry and now reborn as an economic populist, has never said anything positive about nursing homes, he has inferred that nonprofit...
Restart rehabilitation
By
Jean Wendland Porter
Dec 06, 2023
I’ve been a physical therapist for a very long time, and as I prepare to renew my license for the four millionth time, I reflect on how my profession has changed. All of our professions have changed...
5 innovative long-term care nursing recruitment strategies
By
Adam Chambers
Oct 11, 2023
Did you know we’re living in the fourth industrial revolution? Charles Schwab, the founder of the World Economic Forum, posits that AI, robotics, biotech and more are driving us toward “a technological...
Building a destination workplace in long-term care
By
Mark Stoever
Jun 03, 2024
While the new federal staffing mandate for nursing homes is fueling immediate pressure to increase staffing, staffing challenges in long-term care are nothing new — in fact, they’ve been growing for...