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Immigration tops contract worker use as nurse shortage solution for one rural health system

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McKnight’s Senior Living

Nursing home staffing mandate puts assisted living communities at risk of losing workers, experts say

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yahoo finance

Nursing home staffing mandates to further strain troubled sector

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Skilled Nursing News

Nearly 450K residents at risk of displacement if mandate is enacted, as access issues compound

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AHCA/NCAL

New report finds access to nursing home care a growing crisis

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Georgia Recorder

Federal staffing mandate for nursing homes ignores underlying problems driving staffing shortages

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James Magazine Online

Why a federal staffing mandate won’t work for Georgia’s nursing homes

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McKnight's Long-Term Care News

Report: Nursing homes’ reliance on agency staffing during pandemic resulted in hits to bottom lines

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McKnight's Long-Term Care News

$300M for nursing homes won’t address long-term workforce problems

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Bloomberg

The health-care staffing crisis is bad and getting worse

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Skilled Nursing News

‘A microcosm’: states push minimum staffing mandates on nursing homes in Pennsylvania, NY as providers notified of violations

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Skilled Nursing News

Hospital referrals to nursing homes ‘doubled’ in 2023, but placements down due to staffing

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Just say no to mandated nurse-to-patient staffing ratios

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The Sacramento Bee

An unfunded wage increase could deplete access to care for vulnerable Californians

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McKnight's Long-Term Care

‘Hand-to-hand combat’ for workers, strict no-agency policy improve quality and workforce: PruittHealth CEO

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Skilled Nursing News

Ensign CEO expects a long comment period for potential minimum staffing mandate as company focuses on deals, retention

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Staff shortage creates empty nursing home beds in SD

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America’s Nursing Homes send letter to President Biden outlining quality improvement solutions in place of federal staffing requirement

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Only 29% of nursing homes can meet 4-hour daily care mandate

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Becker's Healthcare

'1 size doesn't fit all': A nurse leader's case against staffing ratios

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Advisory Board

Our take: What a new staffing mandate could mean for the SNF industry

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The Colorado Sun

Rural Colorado to benefit from $85 million for workforce development — including nursing resources — amid shortage

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McKnight's Long-Term Care News

Agency nurse prices move higher for skilled nursing as staffing minimum nears

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McKnight's Long-Term Care News

State shrugs off workforce shortage, starts staffing rule enforcement

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State of Reform

Allowing Michigan nurse practitioners to have full practice authority could improve access to care in rural areas, MNA says

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McKnight's Long-Term Care News

Advocates intensify behind-the-scenes efforts as staffing minimum stalls

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Bay to Bay News

Burdensome mandates won’t solve long-term care staffing crisis

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centralmaine.com

Funding Maine veterans’ homes is critical

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Globest.com

Shortage of nurses at nursing homes keeps growing

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Skilled Nursing News

‘Worst Possible Time’: SNF operators hope for acuity adjustments, waivers ahead of staffing mandate

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Statehouse News Bureau

Nursing staff shortages mean less health care options for Ohio veterans

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ABC 11

'Creates new opportunities.' Duke Health, Durham Tech team up to address nursing shortage in NC

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Skilled nursing faces special conditions, dangers in heightened bankruptcy climate

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McKnight's Long-Term Care News

Nurse shortages escalate hiring challenges at providers’ regional offices

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The Morning Call

Your View: A Pa. State House bill that would mandate more nurses would make health care worse, not better

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Despite nurse shortage, tens of thousands are turned away from training programs

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NHPR

To ease staff shortages at county nursing homes, NH lawmakers back plan to help more LNAs become MNAs

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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

More Western Pa. colleges are starting nursing programs amid nationwide shortage

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McKnight's Long-Term Care News

As SNF staffing mandate inches closer, more lawmakers publicly question its viability

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The Hill

Mandates are not the solution to our growing nursing home crisis

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Western Mass News

Getting Answers: struggles finding at-home care workers and care

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Skilled Nursing News

‘Backed into a corner’: Over 500 nursing home providers gather to protest looming minimum staffing proposal

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The Daily News

Their View: Immigration can help solve nursing shortage

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McKnight’s Senior Living

Shoring up direct care workforce will take investment in recruitment, retention, career advancement, researchers say

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McKnight's Long-Term Care News

Bill limiting nurse training lockouts returns to Senate

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McKnight’s Senior Living

Decades-old CNA training lockout would change under re-introduced bill

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nwestiowa.com

N'West Iowa nursing homes short staffed and struggling

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McKnight’s Senior Living

New law tackles assisted living workforce, regulatory challenges

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Skilled Nursing News

AHCA’s CEO: Nursing homes must prepare for ‘massive’ staffing mandate battle, adapt to managed care ‘mega-trend’

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McKnight’s Senior Living

Assisted living reaching ‘breaking point,’ with 40 percent of providers without sufficient staffing

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RevCycle

Significant staffing challenges continue for nursing homes

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AHCA/NCAL

‘Season of Reflection’ revealed as theme for national assisted living week 2023

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NPR

Nearly a third of nurses nationwide say they are likely to leave the profession

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HealthLeaders Media

Round up: Post-acute staffing shortages

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The Washington Post

They endured covid. But some health-care workers mistrust the future.

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MedCity News

How can the eldercare workforce crisis be solved?

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Skilled Nursing News

‘Creative Staffing’: Nursing homes push to allow CNAs to administer medication citing labor benefits, savings

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McKnight's Long-Term Care News

One-fifth of RNs planning to leave healthcare in 5 years: study

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Skilled Nursing News

‘Access Crisis Unfolding’: Nursing home operators, advocates warn of dire effects from Biden’s order on staffing

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The Salem News

Fewer long-term care spots available due to labor crunch

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Western Mass News

Study: staffing shortages pushing state’s nursing homes to near capacity

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MPH Degree USC

A public health crisis: Staffing shortages in health care

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AHCA/NCAL

Expanding veterans’ options for LTC act introduced in House

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McKnight’s Senior Living

Assisted living workforce shortage could be worsened by federal nursing home staffing requirements

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AHCA/NCAL

America’s hospitals, nursing homes send joint letter to CMS urging against unfunded staffing mandates

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i Advance Senior Care

AHCA state of the nursing home sector fact sheet reveals key industry findings

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MINN Post

Long-term funding for senior care in Minnesota needs to be priority one

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Save Our Seniors

Closures

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Provider Magazine

Building the Gen Z workforce

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ABQ Journal

Federal staffing mandate for long-term care is unworkable

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Fierce Healthcare

February jobs report shows strong gains for hospitals, senior care

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AHCA/NCAL

Requiring the impossible: Nursing home staffing mandates during a nationwide labor shortage don’t work

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Kaiser Permanente

Hiring alone won’t solve the health care worker shortage

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AHCA/NCAL

Veterans’ homes, government-run nursing homes struggle with staffing shortages

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PennLive

Thousands waiting for nursing home care in Pa. because of worker shortage, report says

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McKnight’s Senior Living

Senior living will need 3 million workers by 2040: Argentum

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Axios

Immigration seen as a solution to nursing home labor woes

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Wisconsin Watch

Wave of rural nursing home closures grows amid staffing crunch

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Denver 7

By the numbers: How pandemic-induced staffing issues are leaving Colorado seniors out in the cold

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RI News today

Nursing home workforce crisis deepens with minimum staffing standards – Herb Weiss

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Forbes

This nursing shortage requires innovative solutions

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NPR

Fixing the health care worker shortage may be something Congress can agree on

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McKnight's Long-Term Care News

‘Creativity just isn’t enough’ to cover costs of care without more pay, alarmed nursing home leaders tell officials

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McKnight's Long-Term Care News

Providers support state’s flexible, incentive-laden staffing mandate but CMS may soon make it moot

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McKnight’s Senior Living

Provider groups back reintroduced bill expanding veterans’ access to assisted living

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NBER

Immigration, the long-term care workforce, and elder outcomes in the U.S.

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McKnight's Long-Term Care News

A loud and clear message on staffing mandates

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Nurse.org

New bill could allow non-certified nursing aides to work in nursing homes for 2 years

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U.S. News & World Report

WHO, CDC study: Vast majority of COVID-19 deaths among older adults

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Skilled Nursing News

Federal bill aims to aid nursing home labor shortage with TNA program extension

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McKnight’s Senior Living

Senior living employment recovery continues to lag behind other healthcare providers

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NBC News

Small-town nursing homes closing amid staffing crunch

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Modern Healthcare

AHCA sounds alarm on nursing home staffing crisis

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McKnight’s Senior Living

Immigration policy proposals encouraging as staffing solution, senior living provider groups say

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McKnight's Long-Term Care News

Senators call on CMS to end push for mandatory staffing in nursing homes

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The Hill

More than 8 in 10 nursing homes face staffing shortages: survey Three years into the pandemic the staffing shortage in nursing hom

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CNBC

Biden administration extends Covid public health emergency as highly infectious omicron XBB.1.5 spreads

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McKnight’s Senior Living

How can assisted living improve for future emergencies? Report shares ideas

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PHI National

New index ranks states on direct care workforce policy supports

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McKnight’s Senior Living

Senior living residents eligible for $7 million federal COVID-19 telehealth program

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Skilled Nursing News

Executive outlook 2023: A new playbook for skilled nursing

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Skilled Nursing News

80% of nursing home providers 'very concerned' about possible federal staffing mandate

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McKnight’s Senior Living

Sandwich generation’s plans to pay for parents’ senior living could jeopardize their own futures: survey

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McKnight’s Senior Living

Agency staffing cost assisted living providers $4 million in one state in 2022: report

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Skilled Nursing News

$11.3 billion needed to meet proposed federal minimum staffing mandate

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McKnight's Home Care

Informal caregivers are our lifeline; let’s support them

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U.S. News

Nursing home facts and statistics 2023

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McKnight's Long-Term Care News

Time to get rid of the nurse-aide training prohibition, CMS!

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CNET

What I've learned about the financial toll of taking care of aging relatives

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McKnight’s Senior Living

19 percent worried they can’t afford senior living due to inflation: survey

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Delaware Public Media

Addressing the nursing workforce shortage crisis

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ABC News

COVID hospitalizations at least 3 times higher among seniors than other age groups: CDC

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McKnight’s Senior Living

Price of proposed nursing home staffing mandate? Try $11.3B a year, new AHCA report finds

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AHCA/NCAL

Updated report: Additional funding for workers needed to meet a potential nursing home staffing minimum mandate

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McKnight’s Senior Living

Nursing home infrastructure in need of innovation, experts say

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McKnight’s Senior Living

Senior housing future must prioritize affordability, connected health services, experts say

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McKnight’s Senior Living

Senior housing future must prioritize affordability, connected health services, experts say

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AHCA/NCAL

What they are saying: One-size-fits-all minimum staffing mandate will not improve care, solve labor shortages in nursing homes

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USC

A public health crisis: Staffing shortages in health care

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PHI National

How michigan permanently increased wages for direct care workers

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McKnight's Long-Term Care

State’s access-to-care problems reflect the country’s nursing home problems

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Colorado Politics

Senior care facilities face workforce crisis

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Skilled Nursing News

‘The Haves and Have Nots’: Omega closely monitors moves to make medicaid rate bumps permanent

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Skilled Nursing News

American hospital association throws weight behind nursing home TNA legislation

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McKnight's Long-Term Care

Providers, states grapple with billion-dollar needs ahead of federal staffing minimum

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McKnight’s Senior Living

$65 million assisted living program among federal funding priorities for industry coalition

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Axios

Axios AM deep dive

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Brookings

The role of immigrants in the market for elder care

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PHI National

What direct care workers say about their daily work

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Axios

Hospitals seek more aid to house patients they can't discharge

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McKnight’s Senior Living

New law creates oversight of staffing agencies but doesn’t protect against ‘price-gouging’

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McKnight's Long-Term Care

Long-term care picks up 11,000 jobs but recovery resembles roller-coaster ride

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PRWeb

AHN launches unique weekend nurse "Work Your Way" opportunity to enhance staffing levels and reduce nursing staff workload

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ACL

ACL launches national center to strengthen the direct care workforce

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McKnight’s Senior Living

5-year, $6 million grant will create national center to expand direct care workforce

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McKnight's Long-Term Care

The minimum staffing cloud looms. Will any sunlight shine through?

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Tradeoffs

Turning long-term care into a long-term career

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Health Care Dive

How tight nursing home capacity is bottlenecking hospital operations

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Kiplinger

4 potential ‘Silver Linings’ for seniors in 2023

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McKnight’s Senior Living

‘Staffing and labor challenges do persist,’ provider survey finds

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U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

National respiratory care week, October 23-October 29, 2022

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Provider Magazine

The need for technology funding in long term care with Steve Holt and Bill Charnetski

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The Washington Post

How to fix the nursing shortage

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McKnight's Long-Term Care

States get needed nurse aide waiver relief but workers’ fates uncertain

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McKnight’s Senior Living

Report: Nursing residency programs could help reduce turnover

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McKnight's Long-Term Care

Provider groups look to shape regulations after funding victories

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CBS News

CDC says some nursing homes and hospitals no longer need to require universal masking

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Axios

Home health, nursing homes look for year-end breaks in spending deal

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HHPR News

Kansas nursing homes are closing because they can’t find enough workers

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WSJ

Another inflation stress: rising costs of senior-living homes strain families

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McKnight’s Senior Living

California workforce development board grants $14M for CNA, LVA apprenticeship program

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AHA News

AHA urges congressional action to bolster health care workforce

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The Atlantic

The burnout crisis in pink-collar work

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The Atlantic

Warning signs about the first post-pandemic winter

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Health Day

Assisted living will become financially out of reach for many middle-class Americans

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McKnight's Long-Term Care

Providers, Congress ratchet up pressure on CMS to extend nurse-aide certification waiver

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Health Affairs

The forgotten middle: Many middle-income seniors will have insufficient resources for housing and health care

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McKnight’s Senior Living

3 key audiences to communicate with amid a senior living crisis

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MedCity News

Report: More than 11M middle-income seniors won't be able to afford long-term care by 2033

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McKnight's Long-Term Care

Yin and Yang. Tit for tat. Whatever you call it, nursing homes swing in the balance

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NORC

Many middle-income seniors will not be able to pay for long-term care and housing in 10 years

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PHI National

These stats on direct care workers should galvanize people

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NPR

Meet the 78-year-old bringing authentically Filipino care to Sacramento-area seniors

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Skilled Nursing News

Hurricane Ian hits nursing homes already beset by staffing crisis

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Fierce Healthcare

Nursing shortage looms large and projected to intensify in next 18 months: report

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The Washington Post

Worker shortages are fueling America's biggest labor crises

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AHCA/NCAL

PHI releases new report on direct care workforce

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CNN

Fewer children faced food insecurity last year, but more elder Americans did

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Leading Age

Leading Age supports and celebrates vital aging services professionals during national workforce development month

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McKnight’s Senior Living

Lack of data makes it difficult to address workforce challenges: report

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McKnight’s Senior Living

Long-term care accounts for 54% of healthcare bankruptcies this year

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McKnight’s Senior Living

One key to attracting and keeping employees: Training

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Politico

HHS says it plans to extend COVID-19 public health emergency

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McKnight's Long-Term Care

Another state surpasses 10% nursing home closure rate

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McKnight’s Senior Living

$3.6 million program seeks to address nursing shortage

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Forbes

Caregiving is crucial: How to support caregivers and why it matters so much

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The Guardian

Black and Latino seniors to see exorbitant prescription drug costs drop thanks to new US bill

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AHCA/NCAL

AHCA/NCAL announces 2022 award recipients

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McKnight’s Senior Living

As long-term care job vacancies approach 30 percent, report suggests solutions

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McKnight’s Senior Living

Geriatric worforce funding in Senate bill 'far too low,' provider group says

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Pacifica Senior Living

Know the signs of heat exhaustion: 7 tips to beat the heat this summer

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AHCA/NCAL

New report projects without assistance, nursing home workforce recovery will not occur until at least 2026

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Newsweek

Dog 'Loving her new life' after being adopted by assisted living facility

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The Hill

Around half older Americans can't afford essential expenses: report

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Politico

The crisis facing nursing homes, assisted living and home care for America's elderly

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The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Nursing homes in better position to handle new COVID variant

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The San Diego Union-Tribune

The COVID-19 pandemic isn't over and it's still dangerous, especially for older people

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McKnight's Long-Term Care

CMS to post 'up-to-date' COVID booster shot data next

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McKnight's Long-Term Care

CMS doubles down: Surveyors do not have to be COVID vaccinated

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McKnight's Long-Term Care

On PDPM cuts, Congress 'stands ready' to exert its authority—but where's the checkbook?

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Market Watch

Seniors head back to retirement communities as COVID lingers—'I just didn't want to be alone'

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McKnight’s Senior Living

Ageism could be even more harmful to older adults than previously thought

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Tech Crunch

August Health digitizes senior living communities for better care

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Single Care

Long-term care statistics 2022

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Despite another COVID surge, death stays near lows

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Harvard Business Review

Designing hospitals that promote staff wellbeing

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McKnight’s Senior Living

Expanding veterans' access to assisted living is 'common sense,' associations say

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Axios

Nursing homes face closure risks amid staff shortages post-COVID

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Provider Magazine

Supporting emotional needs to avoid burnout

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ABC News

Older Americans bore brunt of COVID-19 deaths during the omicron wave

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USA Today

Doctors, nurses risked their lives to battle COVID-19. Now they're facing a mental health crisis

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The Sun

Senior living: long COVID-19 symptoms often overlooked in seniors

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HHS

New surgeon general advisory sounds alarm on health worker burnout and resignation

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Coalition on Human Needs

CHN's COVID-19 watch, tracing hardship

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Bloomberg

A worker shortage is driving US nursing homes to the brink of collapse

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McKnight’s Senior Living

Supervised exercise program beneficial for seniors with hip fracture

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The Hill

Booster shot slowdown leaves older Americans at risk

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The Atlantic

The clearest account yet of how Trump's team botched the pandemic

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Argentum

We care about Ukrainian soldiers

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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)

HHS releases new data and report on hospital and nursing home ownership

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Home Health Care News

Where home health providers fit into the evolving kidney care landscape

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Fierce Healthcare

Hospitals decry CMS pay bump 'woefully inadequate' amid rising labor rates

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ProMedica

A big life: a ProMedica story

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USA Today

'Values of our society': nursing homes shut down, close wings amid COVID-19 staffing crunch

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The Wall Street Journal

Several million U.S. workers seen staying out of labor force indefinitely

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Surprise visitor for north county nursing home residents

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CNN

There's a drug to protect the most vulnerable from COVID-19. Why is it so hard to get?

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The Guardian

I felt guilty putting my dad in a nursing home, but it brought us closer together

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America's homeless ranks graying as more retire on streets

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'Breaking the age code' review: riding high into the sunset

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Take residents off the menu, put relief on the table, Argentum says relief on the table, Argentum says as House passes $5 billion aid package

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Nursing home residents suffer from staffing shortages, but the jobs are hard to fill

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Report: U.S. nursing home care is ineffective, inefficient, inequitable, fragmented, and unsustainable

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Nursing home care, funding system need overhaul, report says

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AHCA/NCAL leads coalition letter to DOL on RN and PT prevailing wage determinations

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DHS and DOL to supplement H-2B cap with additional visas

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Add declining immigration to problems weighing on the labor market

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New White House COVID projection puzzles experts and catches some Biden officials off guard

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'Somebody is going to needlessly get hurt' Family concerned over staffing shortages at Union Grove Veterans Home

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'Botched' COVID Booster rollout needs a reboot to save older Americans, experts say

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Hospitals Look to Raise Treatment Costs as Nurses' Salaries Increase

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National Skilled Nursing Care Week Starts Sunday, May 8

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Nurse Day 2022 kicks off National Nurses Week Friday with freebies, discounts and free Crocs

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'Joyful Moments' Revealed as Theme for National Assisted Living Week 2022

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The US should prepare for a predictable Southern summer surge of COVID-19, Birx says

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A story in USA TODAY sparked Oprah Winfrey's new documentary on-and battle against-racial bias in healthcare

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Deaths are no longer overwhelmingly among unvaccinated

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Assisted living operators get second chance at Provider Relief Fund money

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Medicare Advantage Plans Often Deny Needed Care, Federal Report Finds

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Why Nasal Sprays Are Poised to Be the Next Weapon for Fighting Covid

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Provider Hosts Careers in Aging Week Virtual Roundtable

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Want to live independently into old age? An aging America needs to make some changes, experts say

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AHCA/NCAL Highlights Growing Nursing Home Closures

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Caring for aging parents, sick spouses is keeping millions out of work

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Closure plans filed for one-fourth of unique specialty care provider’s facilities

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U.S. nursing home deaths appear to be at pandemic lows

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New laws let visitors see loved ones in health care facilities, even in an outbreak

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House readies relief package for restaurants, other industries

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Don't blame nursing homes for the deaths of residents in a pandemic

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Democrats should be ashamed for not allocating money to fight ongoing pandemic

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I Was A COVID Doctor. Here's The One Thing I Refuse To Do As We 'Get Back To Normal.'

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Caregiver fatigue in America rising at unprecedented rate

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Millions of vulnerable Americans likely to fall off Medicaid once the federal public health emergency ends

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126-year-old Eliza Bryant’s nursing home another pandemic victim, closing in summer

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Angry and abused, health care workers still overwhelmingly love careers, poll shows

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The pandemic pummeled long-term care – it may not recover quickly, experts warn

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Where have all the nurses gone?

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Wisconsin nursing home closures prompt request for more state aid

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Supply chain issues strike home health care

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The Biden administration used billions in hospital COVID-19 funds to pay drugmakers

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Rising COVID cases in US nursing homes prompt hospital warnings

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Low-wage workers prop up the nursing home industry. They're quitting in droves.

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The nursing home staffing crisis right now is like nothing we've seen before

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Testing requirements for nursing home visits leave families stuck in 'another lockdown'

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To help battle COVID-19, a hospital borrows tactics from combat veterans

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We'll never have a normal flu season again

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Omicron surge spurs new COVID-19 relief push in congress

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Essential workers face a tough choice: find a test or miss work

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COVID-19 deaths and cases are rising again at US nursing homes

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Patients Drive Hours to ERs as Omicron Variant Overwhelms Rural Hospitals

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My triple-vaxxed, 85-year-old mother caught COVID. Medical triage made her doctor useless

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Hospitals in half of US states close to capacity as Omicron continues surge

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Nursing homes at a tipping point: Many are forced to freeze admissions, stranding patients in hospitals for weeks

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'You can't really manufacture doctors and nurses that don't exist'

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COVID's risk to older adults

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How a Pennsylvania hospital system is working to free up beds during last COVID-19 surge

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COVID-era nursing homes staff crunch hurting hospitals, too

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Senior living communities need support

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Can long-term care providers use technology to stay ahead of competition?

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Nursing homes can now lift most COVID restrictions on visits

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Healthy, boosted people unlikely to develop severe omicron infections, but jury’s out on older, at-risk populations

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Nursing homes can now lift most COVID restrictions on visits

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10,000 Workers Have Left Nursing Homes Since March 2020

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COVID-19 still rages, but some U.S. states reject federal funds to help

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A Place for Dignity in Eldercare?

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Providers ‘Should Be in Survival Mode’: Nearly Half of Nurses Could Leave the Field in Next 2 Years

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Covid-stricken states still struggle months after Biden’s surge

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Recent Survey Finds Nearly Every U.S. Nursing Home And Assisted Living Community Is Facing A Workforce Crisis

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670,000 flags on the National Mall pay tribute to America’s devastating COVID-19 losses

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Placing a Higher Value on Direct Care Workers

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Biden Administration Releasing Billions in Covid-19 Relief for Hospitals, Health Groups

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Nursing Home COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates Protect The Most Vulnerable, But Pose a Hidden Threat to Residents

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Column: Closures of Oklahoma's long-term care facilities devastating to residents and workforce

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Three Maine nursing homes announced closures this week, and more appear imminent

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$6,000 a week? $10,000? Inside the massive interstate bidding war for travel nurses.

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Nursing-care-facility reform efforts met by roadblocks

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LeadingAge Calls on Administration and Congress to Prioritize Older Americans in Infrastructure and Economic Recovery Legislation

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Designers Are Rethinking Senior Living—With a Focus on Wellness

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Why Biden’s Infrastructure Plan Is Not The Answer To Long-Term Care Funding Needs

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What Biden’s $400B Plan to Shift Long-Term Care Home Could Mean for Nursing Home Operators

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PODCAST What Families Want from Nursing Home Reform Post-COVID: No More Lockdowns and a Seat at the Table

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Nursing Homes After COVID: A Vision for the Future

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Nursing Homes, Once Hotspots, Far Outpace U.S. in Covid Declines

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More COVID funding for nursing homes a ‘top priority’ for Biden’s pick to be HHS chief

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Nursing homes at risk of closure amid Cuomo scandal, financial loss

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Politicians and doctors are reportedly clawing back COVID-19 vaccine doses from overstocked nursing homes

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New York Nursing Homes See Surge in Covid-19 Deaths as Officials Hope Vaccinations Will Curb Spread

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Job quality of direct care workforce fails to reflect their value: report

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North Carolina mulls incentives for prison inmates who get vaccinated

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COVID-19 Vaccine May Not Get To Long-Term Care Facilities Quickly Enough

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As the Virus Spikes, Vaccine Distribution Is One More Hurdle for States

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‘Because of You Guys, I’m Stuck in My Room’

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Assisted Living to Benefit as HHS Increases Relief Fund Distribution to $24 Billion

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W.Va. begins drive to vaccinate all nursing homes in weeks

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Vaccination Campaign at Nursing Homes Faces Obstacles and Confusion

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Editorial: Forgotten nursing homes ravaged by COVID. What can we do?

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Long-term care facilities improve testing, struggle with staffing amid coronavirus pandemic

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For the first time, the U.S. will reward nursing homes for controlling the spread of infectious disease

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How Covid-19 Will Change Aging and Retirement

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N.J. eases rules at nursing homes to allow more indoor visits

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Michigan: Indoor visits to nursing homes can resume

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AHA, AMA call for continued 2% Medicare sequester moratorium

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Nursing Homes Urge Congress to Provide Additional COVID-19 Funding for Health and Long-Term Care Providers

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HHS Opens More Relief Funding for Assisted Living Providers

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Assisted living supply increases in 3 states, declines in 1: report

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Democratic senators highlight continuing toll of covid-19 in nursing homes

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For Older People, Reassuring News in the Statin Debate

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Nursing Homes Given Federal Go-Ahead To Allow More Visitors

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NY eases restrictions on visits at assisted living homes

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Near birthplace of Martin Luther King Jr., a predominantly Black nursing home tries to heal after outbreak

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Feds to ship fast COVID-19 tests to assisted living sites

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Ongoing support for nursing homes is critical to help our seniors

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D.C. mayor orders insurers to cover coronavirus testing for residents at high risk

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'I Want to Be With Her.' When Covid Closed Nursing Homes, One Husband Moved In

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1 in 5 nursing homes short on PPE and staff in virus rebound

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An 'Unprecedented' Effort to Stop the Coronavirus in Nursing Homes

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A Novel Way to Combat Covid-19 in Nursing Homes: Strike Teams

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Nursing Homes to Get 7 Million N95 Masks From Federal Stockpile

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Trump nursing home plan limits supply of free COVID-19 tests

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Nursing homes eye more private rooms in post-pandemic future

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FEMA Sends Faulty Protective Gear to Nursing Homes Battling Virus

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In Baltimore, a struggling, black-owned nursing home keeps covid-19 at bay

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Nursing home worker deaths going unscrutinized by federal government

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Trump Administration to Mandate Covid-19 Tests for Nursing-Home Staff

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Opinion: How to fix the nursing home crisis, now and after the pandemic

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Survey Shows Assisted Living Communities Running Low On PPE Supplies

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An assisted-living facility isn’t allowing visitors. This woman became a dishwasher there to see her husband.

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Assisted living community starts online petition seeking funds to fight COVID-19 as Argentum plans letter-writing campaign relaunch

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7,000 killed in assisted living due to COVID-19, report finds

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We can’t protect nursing homes from COVID-19 without protecting everyone

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Black Medicare patients 4 times more likely to be hospitalized with coronavirus

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Senators ask FEMA to show it's shipping PPE to nursing homes

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Why am I a Skilled Nursing advocate?

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Efforts for Coronavirus Vaccine Focus on Vulnerable Group: Older Adults

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Covid-19 deaths reveal ageist perceptions of seniors, which affects the care they receive

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Nursing homes represent more than 1 in 4 COVID-19 deaths

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Official: Hawaii care homes have lowest national virus rate

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Nursing Homes: What I Wish More People Knew

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Nursing Homes Say Some Protective Gear Sent by FEMA Is Unusable

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U.S. Nursing Home Population Shrank Roughly 10% This Year

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Senior living outlook remains positive as industry adapts to challenges from COVID-19

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Together Since 1952, A Couple Separated When Coronavirus Hits Gets A Happy Reunion

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A quarter of US nursing homes report at least one coronavirus infection, first official tally shows

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COVID-19 provides opportunity to improve nursing home care

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Race and location — not star ratings — tied to COVID-19 deaths, say investigators

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Pace of move-ins appears to be improving: NIC

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Regular Tests a Costly Must-Have for Virus-Wracked Nursing Homes

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40 percent of senior living operators have eased pandemic-related restrictions or will soon: Ziegler survey

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Nursing Homes Can’t Meet Federal COVID-19 Testing Goals That Never Really Existed

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103-year-old matriarch and avid Red Sox fan recovers from coronavirus, cracks open a Bud Light

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New technology aims to improve quality of life for socially isolated older adults during COVID-19 pandemic

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SNFs to Get $4.9 Billion from CARES Act as COVID-19 Battle Continues

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No Connection Between Nursing Home Ratings, Profit Status and COVID-19 — But Race a Major Factor

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COVID-19 making it even harder for SNFs to recruit, retain workers

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Survey: Senior living residents weigh in on coronavirus pandemic’s impact

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NJ women, 99 and 91, beat COVID-19 at Old Bridge nursing home

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South Roanoke Nursing Home announces recovery of 72 residents, staff from COVID-19

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Congress Boosted Medicaid Match to Help Fight COVID-19 — But Many States Left Nursing Homes Out

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Cherry Hill Nursing Home Emphasizes Success In Coronavirus Fight

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Nation Favors More COVID-19 Support for Nursing Centers, Assisted Living

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Aid Bill Would Pause MFAR Medicaid Crackdown During COVID-19, Boost Federal Match by 14%

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