These nursing homes face even bigger wage-setting challenge
By
Kimberly Marselas
Dec 02, 2021
For months, provider organizations have been bemoaning the costs of relying on temporary staff that eat up limited, taxpayer-supported Medicare and Medicaid dollars.
States would get more funding to expand long-term care workforce under new proposal
By
Danielle Brown
Aug 26, 2021
States and long-term care providers would receive additional funding to hire and retain workers under a new measure proposed by Democratic lawmakers.
‘Words are not enough’: Employers, leaders push to increase CNA wages
By
Danielle Brown
Apr 08, 2021
Long-term care leaders and industry advocates “marched” alongside certified nursing assistants Wednesday in a push for better pay and support for them.
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...
Lower-rated facilities get more Alzheimer’s admissions: study
By
Alicia Lasek
Jun 29, 2020
Highly rated operations had 3% fewer newly admitted residents with Alzheimer’s. CNA wages and Medicaid add-ons may play a role in the findings, report investigators.
Lawmakers suspect Kindred of misspending public funds before closures at LTC facilities
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jan 17, 2018
A group of state legislators is asking Massachusetts’ attorney general to investigate Kindred Healthcare’s plans to close four nursing homes and an assisted living facility in and around Boston,...
Nursing home company must pay $62K in back wages, $124K overall
By
Elizabeth Newman
Jan 02, 2018
A West Virginia nursing home company will pay $61,840 in back wages and an identical amount in damages to almost 500 employees, the Department of Labor announced.
Salary matters in long-term care
By
Elizabeth Newman
Apr 22, 2015
The University of Pittsburgh’s research involving certified nursing assistants and why they leave is among the most interesting I’ve seen recently in long-term care. Salary, it turns out, is...
Your biggest expense is about to get worse
By
John O'Connor
Jan 16, 2015
There are growing signs that labor costs will soon be creeping up. That may be good news for the frontline workers and other staff who literally do the heavy lifting. But it’s not so great for those...
3 reasons why LTC profits may soon be harder to come by
By
John O'Connor
Nov 24, 2014
While nobody in the field is shouting it from the mountain tops, the long-term care sector has been enjoying more than its share of easy layups lately. That could be coming to an end in the not too distant...