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.
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.”
What company do you know in any industry that could operate for 10 to 14 days without a third of its staff? It’s not an unrealistic scenario, unfortunately.
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.
When providers get back to operating more the way they want to, will stakeholders be amused or will they feel like they’re watching an unfolding tragedy?
A coalition representing LTC facilities has announced a new initiative to connect LTC operators to Medical Reserve Corps volunteers for help in administering monoclonal antibody infusions to residents with COVID-19.
As a child of immigrants who had to jump through a remarkable series of hoops to enter this country and become naturalized citizens, I view a new immigration bill in a special light.
A stop-gap effort to supplement nursing home staff by lowering some entry-level training requirements during the COVID-19 pandemic may become permanent if Florida lawmakers have their way.
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.
Nursing home operators are facing increased calls for minimum staffing requirements in the wake of an ongoing workforce crisis facing the industry nationwide.
