Alleged immigrant labor law violations: Nursing home company seeks dismissal of class-action suit
By
John Roszkowski
Aug 07, 2024
A national nursing home company is seeking dismissal of a class-action lawsuit that alleges the company and its staffing recruiter violated US labor laws in the recruitment of immigrant nurses.
Note to Biden: Remember immigration reform?
By
John O'Connor
Feb 06, 2023
It’s time for the State of the union. It would be nice if Biden revisits a promise that helped get him elected: immigration reform.
Victim blaming at its finest, unfortunately
By
John O'Connor
Jun 07, 2024
The nation’s leading spokesman for the US nursing home sector recently made an interesting observation about what might be called the current plight of many frontline workers in long-term care.
No wonder he left Congress
By
John O'Connor
Oct 30, 2023
If it seems like it’s the silly season again in Washington, maybe that’s because it is.
Also in the News for Friday, Dec. 8
By
Kimberly Marselas
Dec 08, 2023
Support, data, immigration reform necessary to address caregiver workforce shortage … Senate launches investigation into private equity health system investment … Lawmakers propose $62 million grant...
New healthcare coalition to push Congress for workforce, immigration solutions
By
Kimberly Marselas
Oct 23, 2023
The American Health Care Association is one of several groups representing different healthcare sectors that are uniting to push Congress into acting on critical workforce and immigration solutions.
Immigration reemerges as workforce solution in scattershot Senate hearing
By
Kimberly Marselas
Feb 17, 2023
An overwhelmed healthcare workforce, the implications of ongoing shortages and fears about a stressed pipeline took center stage during a Senate hearing Thursday.
Long-term care’s zeal for foreign nurses a ‘Band-Aid’ solution: researchers
By
Kimberly Marselas
May 05, 2023
In a new commentary, researchers likened long-term care organizations’ quest to entice immigrant nurses to using a Band-Aid to stop a hemorrhaging workforce wound.
Fixing long-term care’s staffing crisis
By
John O'Connor
Jun 11, 2023
So here we are, on the cusp of a first-ever staffing mandate for skilled care facilities and things are getting a bit testy.
‘Strong evidence’ more immigrant caregivers improve nursing home quality: researchers
By
Jessica R. Towhey
Feb 22, 2023
Better federal policies to increase the number of immigrants working in nursing homes could help providers get over the hump in meeting expected new staffing requirements, new research shows.