Already struggling with staffing due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, nursing homes are now starting to realize just how dire the situation truly is -- with more than 40,000 residents and 67,000 staff contracting COVID in the early weeks of January.
According to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the...
With a new year at hand, many nursing home and long-term care facility administrators and policy makers are now looking to use challenges faced and lessons learned during 2021 to fuel change in 2022. The change of the calendar has not brought an end to the staffing challenges facing such facilities, fueled by the lightning fast spread of...
The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated a chronic understaffing issue for nursing home and long-term care facilities that existed long before the public health crisis. Now, facilities are not only struggling to hire and keep their staff, but concerns over quality of care, adequate pay, and the safety of the staff have put continuous...National News
Insurance premium increases, steadily declining occupancy rates, and the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic have ravaged nursing homes across the country, leading to an estimated $94 billion shortfall by the end of 2021. A September AHCA member survey also reported that 71% of Arizona LTC facilities say their workforce situation has grown much...National News
While nursing home and long-term care facilities continue to struggle with nationwide staff shortages, the struggle has highlighted a variety of quality and safety concerns across the industry.
Revcycle Intelligence reports the majority of nursing homes and assisted living facilities say that their workforce situation has only gotten...
