Department of Labor (DOL) Releases November Jobs Report
The Department of Labor (DOL) released an encouraging November Employment Situation Summary, known as the jobs report on Friday, December 6, 2024, showcasing robust growth in the U.S. labor market. The economy added 227,000...
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago Releases Analysis of Childcare’s Impact on Employment
The Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago has released a comprehensive analysis highlighting how childcare challenges are increasingly keeping parents out of the workforce, with significant implications for employers. The study examines U.S. Census data...
LeadingAge Kansas is Hiring for an Aging Services Workforce Intern
LeadingAge Kansas is seeking a dedicated student to assist our team in creating innovative solutions to support the recruitment and retention of staff in aging services. The position is PAID, temporary, and part-time, and...
CMMI Releases Report on Re-Imagining Rural Health
On November 12, the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) published Re-imagining Rural Health: Themes, Concepts, and Next Steps from the CMS Innovation Center “Hackathon” Series. The report describes lessons learned from previous...
HHS Report on Significant Issues Facing Healthcare Workforce
On October 22, HHS’s Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE) released Health Care Workforce: Key Issues, Challenges, and the Path Forward a report examining the current state of several sectors...
Study Finds Direct Link Between Nurse Burnout and Negative Care Outcomes
On November 5, JAMA Open Network published a comprehensive review and meta-analysis of 85 studies involving 288,581 nurses over 30 years examining the impact of nurse burnout on patient outcomes. Researchers found that burnout...
LeadingAge Kansas Workforce Survey Now Available!
Kansas Aging Services Providers,
On behalf of LeadingAge Kansas, I want to thank you for your participation in the 2024 Long-Term Care Staffing Survey. Your input is vital to helping policymakers understand the significant staffing...
Critical Nurse Shortages Causing Longer Shifts for Nurses
On August 28, Vivian, a healthcare hiring platform, released an analysis of the average shift duration across states for Registered Nurses (RN) working in long-term care. The report analyzed Payroll Based Journal (PBJ) data...
U.S. Labor Department Releases Revised Job Numbers
On Wednesday, August 21, 2024, the Department of Labor (DOL) released revised data indicating previous reports overestimated job growth, during the twelve months ending in March 2024, by as much as 812,000. The latest report indicates...
PHI Updates Direct Care Workforce State Index Tool
The online and interactive map and tool compiled by PHI has been updated with new data. First released in 2023, the tool rates states based on two composite measures assessing supports for the direct...
Home Health and Nursing Home Employees Likely to Have Educational and/or Medical Debt
A study published in JAMA Health Forum on July 26, 2024, analyzing medical and educational indebtedness among US health care workers found that 21% of home health care workers and almost 20% of nursing...
Economic Data Show Healthcare Job Growth, but Demand for Workers Continues to Exceed Supply
According to a July 5 report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the number of healthcare jobs increased by 49,000 in June, lower than the average monthly gain of 64,000 over the prior...