More nursing assistants needed even as demand for nursing homes wanes: research
By
Jessica R. Towhey
Sep 13, 2023
The need for nursing assistants in long-term care facilities continues to grow, even as demand for nursing home care overall is on the decline, according to new research.
Also in the News for Monday, Nov. 28, 2022
By
Joe Bush
Nov 28, 2022
Nursing home ‘SWAT’ team sent to troubled state-run facility … HRSA extends PRF reporting deadline … SNF that opened during pandemic registers zero COVID deaths … Hospital system that closed...
In fight over healthcare worker minimum wage, one voice is notably absent
By
Joe Bush
Nov 11, 2022
While several healthcare groups are fighting the state’s planned $15 an hour minimum wage for direct care workers in Medicaid-funded programs, the state’s largest nursing home association is not among...
Nearly half of states now using Medicaid to boost direct-care pay
By
Joe Bush
Nov 04, 2022
At least 19 states are actively implementing strategies to address direct care worker wages through reporting and/or enforcement mechanisms, a report issued this week by the National Governors Association...
Creative job advancements, better communication boost retention, providers told
By
Joe Bush
Sep 29, 2022
Lattices and ladders are two of the key tools for attracting and keeping employees to ease the burdens of staffing shortages in the long-term care sector.
Clinical briefs for Friday, July 23
By
Alicia Lasek
Jul 23, 2021
Without fingerprinting, senior living workers barred from providing direct care … Fauci: Vaccinated people ‘might want to consider’ wearing masks indoors as COVID-19 cases surge … Continuing pimavanserin...
Cross training across LTC industry key solution for addressing worker shortage: experts
By
Danielle Brown
Jun 07, 2021
The long-term care sector should use the coronavirus public health crisis as an opportunity to explore broader training opportunities that would allow staff members to work across multiple settings, including...
Direct care workers would see a $9.4B pay increase with adoption of living wage: industry study
By
Danielle Brown
Sep 23, 2020
Increasing direct care workers’ pay to a living wage would not only raise their total wages by $9.4 billion by 2022, it would also come with a set of benefits for operators, which includes less staff...
Easing immigration rules can trim worker shortage: RAND
By
Elizabeth Newman
Dec 01, 2013
Foreign-born registered nurses comprise up to 15% of the total RNs in the United States, a new study finds.
Department of Labor extends minimum wage to home health workers
By
Tim Mullaney
Sep 18, 2013
The Department of Labor has announced it will extend minimum wage and overtime protections to home health workers providing direct care, earning cheers from long-time advocates of this policy.