We used to throw around the term “workforce crisis” in senior care before the pandemic. Times were tough, but we had no idea how bad it could, and would, actually get. Many senior care organizations...
Senior care needs staffing help, but price gouging isn’t helpful
By
Zach Shamberg
Nov 29, 2021
In mid-September, we at the Pennsylvania Health Care Association (PHCA) reached out to our members, including nursing homes, personal care homes and assisted living communities, to better understand the...
And so, it begins…
By
Martie Moore
Nov 19, 2021
I will admit that I have never seen “Lord of the Rings.” Yes, I know I am an oddity. Yet, I do know that the words were used by King Théoden for an ominous, foreboding warning of what was coming… ...
Of staffing relief and other unintended outcomes
By
John O'Connor
Nov 08, 2021
One of those promises made last year by presidential candidate Joe Biden (and many other Democrats on the ballots) was a commitment to paid family leave.
The top lessons learned from the AHCA’s 2021 Convention and Expo
By
Tamar Abell
Nov 05, 2021
Attending the American Health Care Association’s (AHCA) 2021 Convention and Expo this year felt like reuniting with friends after spending two years on the frontline of a battlefield. The...
While staffing shortages have plagued the long-term care industry for quite some time, the coronavirus pandemic has certainly shone a spotlight on the issue and worsened it. At the start of...
Indecision: Sinking ships and endangering lives
By
Kimberly Marselas
Oct 20, 2021
Will Congress continue to turn a deaf ear to the nursing home crisis if residents are dying for want of stability, if hospitals are backed up and unable to discharge patients for lack of admitting facilities?
We now join our general strike in progress
By
John O'Connor
Oct 18, 2021
If it’s any consolation, you no longer walk alone. At least, not on the labor front.
McKnight’s Long-Term Care News Newsmakers Podcast with Zach Shamberg
Oct 14, 2021
In this podcast, McKnight’s Long-Term Care News Senior Editor Kimberly Marselas interviews Zach Kim Marselas and Zach Shamberg of the Pennsylvania Health Care Association discuss staffing and funding...
Sick and tired of being sick and tired
By
Ashleigh Boyd
Sep 29, 2021
Geriatric care is a calling. The relationships that caregivers form with their patients at nursing and acute geriatric facilities are unique within the healthcare industry. The average stay for a patient...