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94% of all nursing homes still facing staffing shortages, new survey shows

Challenges associated with hiring and retaining long-term care workers has gotten worse for about three-quarters of nursing homes this year, according to a new survey from the American Health Care Association/National Center for Assisted Living.

New minimum staffing mandates finalized for NY providers

June 24, 2021

Not just opioids: Multidimensional pain requires multipronged treatment, study finds

June 24, 2021

Also in the News for Thursday, June 24

June 24, 2021

Nursing home death rate soared 32 percent in 2020

June 23, 2021

Despite progress, nursing homes expected to fall short of 75% staff vaccination goal

June 23, 2021

Editors' Notes

Let’s put normalcy on seniors’ itinerary

Kimberly Marselas

Nothing easy or peasy about this double squeezy

John O'Connor

The Brighter Side

‘Together we survive’: Operator creates original song to encourage nursing staff

Emma Baumgartel

June 23, 2021

Quote of the Day
“America’s long-term care system is slowly collapsing for the same reason the Soviet Union did. It can be saved and improved by applying the same principles the Soviets shirked.”
Stephen Moses, Guest Columns, June 23