‘We can’t wait’: Coalition gets $1.7 million to invest in scalable, transferable CNA workforce...
By
Josh Henreckson
Jul 15, 2024
As the long-term care sector pushes to build workforce pipelines substantial enough to address severe labor shortages, one group is ramping up efforts to make those pipelines more effective.
Optimizing CNAs in age-friendly delirium care
By
Shih-Yin Lin
Jun 14, 2024
Certified nursing assistants (CNAs) are the backbone to most long-term care organizations. In addition to national efforts to increase CNA wages and benefits and standardize CNA career pathway models currently...
Nursing home cashes in on local board ties, new state program to fund 10 more CNAs
By
Josh Henreckson
Mar 13, 2024
A partnership with a local workforce board has helped a Massachusetts nursing home secure a $125,000 grant to bolster its workforce pipeline.
Staffing for success: President Biden’s initiative and the call for holistic healthcare reform
By
Todd Walrath
Mar 06, 2024
The Biden-Harris Administration’s recent initiative to establish federal staffing standards in nursing homes marks a commendable step toward improving patient care. These standards, aiming to enhance...
Gig app CNAs can pursue ‘gap time’ wages from nursing home: court
By
Josh Henreckson
Feb 20, 2024
Two certified nursing assistants hired as contractors through a gig work app can continue pursuing back wages from a nursing home they argue treated them as employees, a District Court judge ruled.
16 strategies for integrating CNAs into care planning and IDT meetings
By
Aasha Raval
Feb 16, 2024
Given their day-to-day, intimate interaction with residents, certified nursing assistants (CNAs) are uniquely positioned to contribute to care planning and interdisciplinary care team (IDT) meetings, where...
Consumer groups urge CMS to enforce nurse aide training enforcement initiatives
By
Josh Henreckson
Dec 19, 2023
For all its increased regulatory pressure on nursing homes in recent years, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services hasn’t fully embraced the Biden administration’s full agenda for long-term care....
Nursing home coalition advances plans to fix long-term care on 3 fronts
By
Josh Henreckson
Nov 29, 2023
A national long-term care coalition gave an update Tuesday on their action plans to address the fundamental issues facing the LTC sector.
Also in the News for Friday, Nov. 10
By
Kimberly Marselas
Nov 10, 2023
CNA association pushes patient-centered care pay reform as staffing fix … LeadingAge coverage: ‘Epic’ workforce challenges can be met with short-, mid- and long-term solutions … Resident charged...
Statewide CNA training program nearly halfway to goal after just one year
By
Jessica R. Towhey
Oct 30, 2023
A three-year, statewide program to boost the number of certified nursing assistants in California is nearly halfway to its goal after just the first year of implementation.