Impossible expectations are undermining nursing home care
By
Brendan Williams
Feb 05, 2024
Maine has the nation’s oldest population, and yet almost 40% of its nursing homes have closed within the past few decades. As the Bangor Daily News has reported, that’s forced residents of some...
Biden’s regulatory Death Star
By
Brendan Williams
Sep 11, 2023
Despite federal data showing that the COVID-19 pandemic contributed to massive job losses for nursing and residential care facilities – with the workforce 218,200 workers smaller last month...
Surprise Biden order ‘punishing’ for nursing home providers
By
Kimberly Marselas
Apr 19, 2023
An executive order signed by President Joe Biden Tuesday afternoon will trigger broad, cabinet-level activities intended to improve nursing home and other caregiving jobs and hold providers accountable...
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.
Be careful who you’re calling a price gouger
By
Kimberly Marselas
Mar 15, 2022
Federal officials, including the commander in chief, are finally talking about price gouging!
Kendal Corp’s Sean Kelly: Nursing home reform requires real change
By
Danielle Brown
Mar 14, 2022
The long-term care reform that President Joe Biden is seeking will require a commitment toward real change of the healthcare system and how care is delivered for residents, according to Sean Kelly, president...
‘Sticks need to come with carrots’: Feds’ nursing home push ‘sound’ but needs more resources,...
By
Danielle Brown
Mar 09, 2022
President Joe Biden’s thrust to improve quality in nursing homes by addressing poor performing providers is a “sound premise” in the federal government’s justification for the initiatives.
AHCA requests sit-down with Biden, top officials on nursing home reform plans
By
Danielle Brown
Mar 09, 2022
The nation’s largest nursing home association has requested a sit-down with President Joe Biden in a push to clear up “some of the inaccuracies” cited by the president in his nursing home reform...
Small building proponents embrace Biden’s nursing home overhaul plan
By
Alicia Lasek
Mar 07, 2022
The proposed phase-out of multiple-occupancy rooms is crucial to helping prevent uncontrolled infectious disease outbreaks, the Green House Project says.
Biden’s plan may be coup de grâce for staggering sector
By
Brendan Williams
Mar 02, 2022
President Biden’s plan targets what he feels is the top healthcare sector threat to consumers.