States continue to take action on addressing wage disparities for nursing home staff even as the industry undergoes massive shifts marked by economic, operational and regulatory changes. Skilled nursing facility staff, as well as other health care workers in California, will slowly see their hourly wage increase to $25 over the next decade under a […]
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New York City is offering free testing for COVID-19 at nursing homes after reports of difficulty accessing the tests at many skilled nursing facilities, the Associated Press reported May 20. The city will, starting next week, provide test kits and pay to process them for any of the city’s 169 nursing homes, Mayor Bill de […]
Officials in Tennessee broke ground on a $47 million state veterans nursing home in a ceremony in Cleveland, Tenn., the Associated Press reported Aug. 22. The 108-bed skilled nursing facility will include six 18-bedroom residential houses linked by interior shared support spaces. The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs is contributing a $30.5 million grant, while […]
Lancaster Pollard provided a $17.3 million loan insured by the Department of Housing and Urban Development to refinance Willow Springs, a skilled nursing facility in Brick, N.J. Tryko Partners was the borrower, having purchased the community from NuVision Management in 2013, REBusinessOnline reported. The facility had 148 skilled nursing beds and an assisted living (AL) […]
What does the general public think of the senior housing and care industry? One morning in mid-January, I took to the streets to find out. The scene: A large, neighborhood grocery store on the north side of Chicago. The quest: To determine what 10 average, unsuspecting consumers of all ages really think about contemporary senior […]
Pennsylvania has unveiled a new Medicaid feature designed to reduce the number of nursing home enrollees in years to come. Under the Community HealthChoices initiative, insurers will be paid to manage Medicaid’s long-term care services with a financial incentive meant to prioritize in-home care for enrollees. The state is rolling out the program in 14 southwestern counties […]