Recession

Recession slows cost growth at some long-term care facilities

September 21, 2010

There were smaller cost increases at some long-term care facilities from 2008-2010 as a result of the economic recession, according to a new analysis from Prudential Financial Inc., a financial services company.
 

Lower-income, older adults struggling, AARP study finds

September 15, 2010

The recession has been especially hard on lower-income, older adults, according to a study released Tuesday by AARP.
 

What the long-term care world needs now

Dave Sedgwick April 27, 2010

The time has come to decentralize long-term care organizations to attract more entrepreneurial, innovative and committed leaders.
 

State budgets unlikely to recover until 'late in the next decade,' governors say

November 16, 2009

The recession has seriously bruised states over the last year and they will continue to face fiscal difficulties, according to reports released last week by the National Governors Association and the National Association of State Budget Officers.
 

More nurses taking on overtime hours to ease recession pains

July 27, 2009

Nurses are taking on more hours and more shifts during the recession, but many say that it's only temporary, according to a new survey.