The healthcare industry added 54,000 jobs last month, an increase that could mean long-term care providers are setting up to reverse some staffing qualms caused by the pandemic and other damaging ...

Nearly all nursing homes in America will have to hire more nurses and aides under a new rule released this week that mandates a minimum level of staffing, although the gap is significantly wider in ...

That government tactic is becoming an increasing concern for some skilled nursing providers, who know just how critical timing can be when trying to hire new frontline staff. Add new, prescriptive ...

Nursing homes already struggling to recruit staff are now grappling with the federal government’s crackdown on one of their few reliable sources of workers: immigration. Facilities for older adults ...

In announcing the move, health agency officials stated that the rule would have imposed too high a burden on nursing homes, particularly in rural areas, where they noted that nursing staff are in ...

Nursing homes, assisted living facilities, home health agencies and other such businesses were counting on immigrants to fill ...

Earlier this spring the Biden administration announced a new standard on staffing levels for nursing homes. Employee turnover at nursing homes shot up during the pandemic, when more than 200,000 ...

The final rule places stricter staffing requirements on nursing homes than were initially proposed and offers exemptions for certain providers. The Biden administration issued the rule in an effort to ...