To foster DEI growth, seek more worker input: LTC expert
By
Kimberly Marselas
May 27, 2022
The continued evolution and growth of diversity, equity and inclusion [DEI] initiatives is one way long-term care providers can retain employees in a tight labor market, a nurse and attorney with more...
Nursing home study is first to affirm fed’s choice to prioritize residents, staff for COVID vaccines
By
Alicia Lasek
May 07, 2021
A new industry study provides real-world evidence that the sharp drop in COVID-19 cases and deaths after initial vaccine clinics were in fact due to the shots, and that the vaccines are protecting residents,...
Parkinson: Vaccinate all long-term care by March and slash coronavirus mortality 40 percent
By
Alicia Lasek
Dec 08, 2020
A one-month delay “could result in more than 20,000 of our residents losing their lives when a vaccine could have saved them,” AHCA / NCAL leader Mark Parkinson said Monday.
CDC adds point-of-care device questions to national COVID-19 reporting module
By
Danielle Brown
Sep 03, 2020
Providers can now include information about any point-of-care testing when submitting their weekly COVID-19 data to the federal government.
NCAL unveils 2014 Assisted Living Week logo
Apr 15, 2014
The National Center for Assisted Living is encouraging communities to use the 2014 “The Magic of Music” logo to celebrate National Assisted Living Week.
Assisted living group launches quality improvement initiative
By
McKnight's Staff
Sep 26, 2012
A new quality initiative program unveiled Wednesday targets off-label use of antipsychotics, hospital readmissions and staff turnover in assisted living communities.
States are actively working to regulate assisted living facilities, report says
By
McKnight's Staff
Mar 08, 2012
States were actively refining and developing new regulations to monitor assisted living facilities during 2011, an annual report finds.
New Jersey’s real giants?
By
James M. Berklan
Feb 08, 2012
What a week for New Jersey. It started with the pro football team that has its roots there winning the Super Bowl, and it’s going to end with a first-in-the-nation effort by the state’s assisted...
Assisted living management officials saw a bump in salary in 2011, report finds
Feb 01, 2012
Assisted living facility chief financial officers had the highest salary increases among all management positions in 2011, with a 3.9% jump over last year to $122,226, according to a new report.
Labor Department releases long-term care core competency model
Mar 24, 2011
The U.S. Department of Labor on Tuesday released a model outlining the core competencies required of workers in the long-term care industry.