Traditional workforce development models often fail because they don’t address personal barriers to success, such as housing, transportation and childcare, that workers in the nursing home sector – where many are single mothers – face in maintaining employment. While staffing has improved over the last year, these common life struggles threaten the stability of the […]
At the heart of many successful workforce initiatives that nursing homes are pursuing to increase the number of workers is the push for employee well-being and a recognition that many frontline workers face fundamental and systemic barriers to entering the workforce. To that end, an organization that is enabling skilled nursing providers to grow their […]
Against the backdrop of economic and staffing challenges still facing the nursing home sector, operators are seeking business innovations that are community-centered and that expand their health care offerings through unique public-private partnerships and financial arrangements. The innovations include transition into a nonprofit model, creative ways to use state and federal dollars, and addition of […]
Economic uncertainty, staffing shortages, looming federal regulations, a new COVID variant and major changes to the Minimum Data Set (MDS) are just a few of the challenges facing the skilled nursing sector at the dawn of 2023. But a new year is also a time for optimism. Favorable Medicaid policies, the growth of strong regional […]
In 2022, skilled nursing providers faced crushing workforce challenges, and responded with a wide array of initiatives. Through apprenticeship programs, sign-on bonuses and other incentives and programs, operators did notch wins, as reflected in numbers such as participation rates, program completion rates and retention figures. Trilogy Health Services, Dwyer Workforce Development (DWD), Principle LTC and […]
Following a whopping $590 million deal to acquire a 50-property SNF portfolio in Texas, the team at Dwyer Workforce Development (DWD) has no plans on slowing down efforts to bolster the skilled nursing workforce. Major resources DWD has created for its “Dwyer Scholars” – housing, transportation and child care – will become a larger part […]
Nursing home operators are changing their approach to staffing and recruitment to be more proactive and flexible, helping address severe staffing shortages being felt across the sector. The pandemic forced Dwyer Workforce Development (DWD) to be more creative about attracting a pipeline of talented folks who might not have been their typical candidates in the […]
Dwyer Workforce Development (DWD) on Wednesday announced the $590 million acquisition of a 50-property skilled nursing facility portfolio managed by Regency Integrated Health Services. Capital Funding Group is joined by banks and a publicly traded real estate investment trust (REIT) in financing the acquisition of the Regency properties, Jack Dwyer told Skilled Nursing News. Dwyer, […]
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