Staffing Levels Archives

Clinical briefs for Friday, July 30

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Alicia Lasek

July 30, 2021

AHCA / NCAL back mandatory COVID-19 vaccinations for healthcare workers … Vaccinated but exposed to virus? Get tested, CDC now recommends … Aduhelm’s developer begins a real-world study of controversial Alzheimer’s drug … AMDA: Level of residents’ care needs, not ratios alone, should inform LTC staffing levels … Israel first in world to offer COVID-19 booster shots to seniors … COVID-19 symptoms linger for 40% of hospital patients, 1 to 6 months after discharge

Zachary Shamberg, Pennsylvania Health Care Association

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‘Historic’ hatches hisses: Providers lambaste state’s costly new staffing proposal

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Kimberly Marselas

July 22, 2021

A call to increase minimum direct staffing hours 4.1 per patient, per day was roundly rejected as unrealistic by providers.

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New minimum staffing mandates finalized for NY providers

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Danielle Brown

June 24, 2021

New York nursing homes will soon be required to meet minimum staffing requirements Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) signed two measures that set statewide mandates for nursing homes and hospitals.

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Loopholes remain in rush to upgrade nursing home staffing requirements

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Kimberly Marselas

May 28, 2021

Lawmakers in several states have turned their attention to a popular scapegoat of COVID-19’s virulent spread in long-term care: staffing levels.

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Difficult workload created ‘perception’ of nursing home staffing shortages during pandemic: study

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Danielle Brown

May 5, 2021

Widespread reports of severe staffing shortages being felt across the entire long-term care industry has been a key issue for providers during the ongoing public health crisis.

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Strategies for success: Employee engagement through scheduling called a key for retention

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Danielle Brown

April 21, 2021

Allowing employees to have a say in their own work schedules can go a long way toward alleviating long-term care’s long-standing workforce challenges, according to one expert.

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State increases required nursing home staffing hours by nearly 30% — and providers call it a ‘big win’

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Danielle Brown

April 15, 2021

Arkansas’ nursing home staffing requirements will be updated for the first time in decades after Gov. Asa Hutchinson (R) on Wednesday signed a measure that providers called a “big win for our long-term care facilities.”

Image of masked clinician and patient talking in clinic visit

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CMS missing opportunities to enforce staffing rules, watchdog warns

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Danielle Brown

March 12, 2021

A watchdog agency is calling for a greater emphasis on staffing ratios during future nursing home surveys, saying the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is missing opportunities to use information it already collects.

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Nursing home workers, caregivers call for increased staffing requirements, protections

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Danielle Brown

February 9, 2021

Long-term care workers in Pennsylvania are seeking significant reform of the state’s nursing home regulations, demanding higher minimum staffing requirements in the wake of COVID-19.

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Policy allowing asymptomatic caregivers with COVID to stay on job could worsen staffing, providers say

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Danielle Brown

November 30, 2020

Providers in Oklahoma are skeptical of a new measure that allows asymptomatic healthcare staff members to continue working in long-term care facilities and hospitals even though they have COVID-19.