As long-term care providers confront a shrinking workforce, a new federal staffing mandate and a rapidly aging population, one nonprofit workforce development organization has set its sights on becoming a national model for bringing new certified nursing assistants into the sector.
The US Department of Labor issued a final rule on worker classification standards Tuesday, setting in motion implications for a long-term care sector increasingly reliant on agency contract work to meet staffing needs.
A security expert is warning nursing homes to perform a vulnerability assessment and check perimeter doors in light of a shooting death at a California facility.
Is the system for oversight and discipline already in place for Medicaid-funded nursing homes enough to deliver satisfaction for aggrieved parties or should they be able to sue both public and private entities who deliver federally-funded benefits?