Long-Term Care Biden State of the Union address revives flawed nursing home mandates The president's long-term care initiatives are likely to make the problems in a reeling industry worse.
Long-Term Care Long-term care needs workers, but few want to apply Nursing homes and assisted living facilities are losing workers at alarming rates. A national labor shortage looms.
Long-Term Care Will vaccine mandates in nursing homes lead to staff shortages? Healthcare providers who have already implemented COVID-19 vaccine mandates suggest that the threat of walkouts is overblown.
Long-Term Care Most seniors haven’t saved enough for their long-term care needs Over the next 15 years, the number of elderly Americans will grow by more than 20 million. Have they saved enough for their health care needs?
COVID-19 Building on the success of COVID-19 vaccines in nursing homes A new proposal from the long-term care industry suffers from one substantial flaw: it relies on increased Medicaid spending to finance the improvements. Many of the problems laid bare during the pandemic relate to Medicaid's inflexible framework.