Nearly 70% of older adults will need long-term care services, according to Harvard’s Joint Center for Housing Studies. But for many individuals, the cost of affordable long-term care services is beyond their reach in an industry facing higher labor and supply costs, a labor shortage, and other challenges. According to KFF (Kaiser Family Foundation) and The New York Times, nearly three million older Americans who need long-term care are not receiving it due to lack of accessibility and the high cost of assisted living facilities, nursing homes, and aides at home.
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CMS Increasing Scrutiny of Nation’s Poorest-Performing Nursing Homes
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is increasing scrutiny and oversight of the country’s worst-performing nursing facilities in an effort to improve the care they provide as soon as possible. CMS will toughen requirements for program completion and increase enforcement actions against facilities that fail to demonstrate improvement in a series of revisions… Continue reading CMS Increasing Scrutiny of Nation’s Poorest-Performing Nursing Homes
Nursing Homes Keep Losing Workers
Nursing homes have a long-term care problem: 18 months after the Covid-19 crisis began, their staffs are still shrinking. While employment in nearly every occupation has been recovering from the shock of the pandemic, the number of people working in nursing homes and other long-term-care facilities has continued to drop, according to federal data. Nursing… Continue reading Nursing Homes Keep Losing Workers
Covid-19 Crisis in Nursing Homes Requires Aggressive Federal Response, Panel Says
The nation’s nursing homes need an aggressive and comprehensive federal approach to the Covid-19 crisis, including supplying facilities with personal protective gear, assisting with staffing shortages and offering coronavirus testing with rapid results, according to recommendations from a commission convened by the Trump administration. The commission is due to deliver its final report Sept. 1,… Continue reading Covid-19 Crisis in Nursing Homes Requires Aggressive Federal Response, Panel Says
Coronavirus Deaths in U.S. Nursing, Long-Term Care Facilities Top 10,000
The number of U.S. coronavirus-linked deaths in long-term care facilities including nursing homes has eclipsed 10,000, as nursing-home owners said they are still struggling to access the testing they need to detect and curb outbreaks. A growing number of state health departments are reporting data, including fatalities, linked to facilities that primarily house older people… Continue reading Coronavirus Deaths in U.S. Nursing, Long-Term Care Facilities Top 10,000