Workforce Development

Leadership support may be just what healthcare workers — and particularly infection preventionists — at long-term care communities need to avoid burnout. 

A new law in Kentucky could serve as a national model to help stem the workforce crisis in nursing homes through public-private partnerships to fund education programs for more nurses and aides. 

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will more aggressively enforce accountability in its Special Focus Facilities (SFF) Program, the Biden Administration said Friday.

Most leaders I know had a pretty great parent or two who raised them. Those parents worked hard in at least one job if not more while their children were growing up.  Those parents also set the stage...

The long-term care industry is no stranger to workforce challenges. Workforce recruitment and retention are two challenges that have been persistent for years. Now, add a pandemic. The pandemic has shifted...

  When one year closes and another begins, I tend to get reflective about my life. I think about things for which I feel enormously grateful, ponder accomplishments for which I feel very proud, and...

Technology private equity firm Francisco Partners will buy HealthcareSource, the companies announced last week.

iTacit Healthcare has signed an agreement with Innovatix, a group purchasing organization, the companies announced.

Assisted living, long-term care and nursing homes — the senior living industry —is one of the most challenging and compliance-driven industries in the U.S.