LeadingAge gives $20,000 in vaccination grants to five DC-area groups … Virginia gives $10 million in ARP funds to nursing homes … Nursing home sued by victim for negligence after sexual assault …...
Nursing home quality coalition makes first recommendations
By
Joe Bush
Dec 05, 2022
A distinguished group of nursing home experts issued their first recommendations Friday after a landmark report called for sweeping change in spring of 2022.
Tried-and-true apprenticeship program offers window into potential staffing solution
By
Joe Bush
Dec 02, 2022
A healthcare apprenticeship program in rural Colorado is showing a broader embrace of apprenticeship programs might help address the nation’s healthcare worker shortage.
AG Rhodes’ transition to all-private rooms leading to a more patient-centered future
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Joe Bush
Dec 01, 2022
Atlanta-area nonprofit nursing home operator AG Rhodes is fully pursuing the buzz of resident-centered care by transitioning its four sites to private rooms only.
White House announces big nursing home COVID-19 vaccination push and providers push back
By
Joe Bush
Nov 23, 2022
The Biden administration on Tuesday announced a six-week $475 million campaign to raise the COVID-19 vaccination rate among nursing home residents, and the sector’s leaders responded immediately with...
Focused aging services apprenticeships would ease staffing woes, advocates say
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Joe Bush
Nov 16, 2022
One way to refill the long-term care staffing pipeline is with a robust apprenticeship program that sends students to many of the nation’s nursing homes, officials with nonprofit nursing home advocate...
State lawmakers consider cutting CNA training hours, hiking Medicaid pay to address staffing woes
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Joe Bush
Nov 14, 2022
Raising state Medicaid pay rates and financial support for nursing homes and greater accountability for supplemental staffing agencies are getting a hard look from the Kansas legislature and provider advocacy...
Also in the News for Monday, Nov. 14, 2022
By
Joe Bush
Nov 14, 2022
Former tech division leader Majd Alwan leaves LeadingAge, starts aging services tech organization … Students get $411,000 to study effects of ambient light on nursing home dementia patients … Iowa...
Nursing home telehealth ‘cliff’ avoided with pay rule adjustments
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Joe Bush
Nov 03, 2022
Nursing home residents and their distant physicians got good telehealth news in the 2023 Physician Pay Rule issued Tuesday by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
Soft skills, attention to high-performers drive retention, expert says
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Nov 01, 2022
In looking for the best answers on how to address historic staffing challenges in senior living, according to a “human capital” expert, the secret is to go back to the future.