Three facilities being placed under state control in two years in Minnesota reflects deep troubles for the sector, with many other facilities facing similar prospects and requiring immediate financial help. The latest to be pushed into state control is the Bay View Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Red Wing, which serves higher acuity residents. The […]
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The past year or two have seen big wins in terms of increased Medicaid funding for nursing homes – a welcome relief as the sector faces staffing shortages amid a looming minimum staffing proposal, higher inflationary costs and rising acuity of resident needs. The American Health Care Association and National Center for Assisted Living (AHCA/NCAL) […]
One of the unintended consequences of the minimum staffing proposal may mean less utilization of nursing homes as residents are shifted to other means of care – a trend spurred by an expanded use of Medicaid waivers. Policymakers may opt for these as a safety net for access issues among seniors, especially in rural settings, […]
Industry stakeholders in Kentucky are celebrating the passage of new legislation that will require the state government to involve skilled nursing trade organizations to weigh in on how state surveyors are trained, and participate in the training process. Providers and advocates hail the law as a model for the nation, and welcome the ability to […]
At the heart of successful new hiring programs backed by nursing homes across the United States is the philosophy that nurses deserve better pay, free training, a guaranteed job, and an easier path to career advancement. State-level initiatives from Hawaii to the Midwest are gaining traction by allowing workers to train for specialized positions while […]
There has been a flurry of proposed legislation to better regulate staffing agencies, as those in the sector continue to charge soaring prices for much-needed staff in nursing homes. Operators and the state associations that represent them have pressed lawmakers to pass legislation on the largely unregulated staffing agency industry, with the exception of a […]
In light of steadily increasing vaccination rates for nursing home staff and residents, and overall improvement to outbreaks in the space, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on Thursday said it is phasing out some of the temporary waivers linked to COVID-19 and the public health emergency (PHE). Among those is the temporary […]
Twenty-plus states called the National Guard to support nursing homes most recently during the winter months of 2021, with the more contagious omicron variant leaving staff out sick at a time when the workforce was already hobbled. The variant left state leadership with no other choice but to call in extra help. For nursing homes […]
Though some nursing home owners had hoped to put the COVID-19 pandemic behind them by the end of 2021, coronavirus variants and the exacerbated staffing shortages have made that impossible for most heading into 2022. If this year has taught the sector anything, it’s that some threats to long-term care won’t be as temporary as […]
As members of the National Guard are being sent to nursing homes across Minnesota and New York to help short-staffed facilities — for an industry that lost 8,400 last month and an estimated 234,000 jobs since the beginning of the pandemic — the deployment may have only bought facilities a little more time to figure […]
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz announced a new initiative Monday with the goal of recruiting, training and deploying at least 1,000 new CNAs by the end of January who will work in long-term care facilities experiencing staffing shortages. After calling on the National Guard to help nursing homes facing severe staffing shortages last month, the governor […]
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz this week has called on the state’s National Guard to help nursing homes facing “severe staffing shortages” across the state. Walz said 400 members of the National Guard will begin certified nursing assistants (CNA) and temporary nursing aides (TNA) training over the next week. Skilled nursing facilities that are particularly struggling […]
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