National Workforce Development Month: Focus on Apprenticeships, Career Paths
Throughout September, LeadingAge will spotlight the variety of job and career opportunities aging services organizations offer and the critical role these professionals play in our country’s care infrastructure. LeadingAge will also bring together an...
Apprenticeships: Build Your Team and Strengthen the Aging Services Workforce
How can aging services providers develop apprenticeship models that also drive system change and elevate the caregiving profession across the country? Join this virtual LeadingAge event on September 26th at 12:00 PM CT, as...
Build Your Team, Strengthen Your Workforce
How can aging services providers develop apprenticeship models that also drive system change and elevate the caregiving profession? Join LeadingAge National’s virtual event on Tuesday, September 26th, at 12:00 PM CT, as an expert...
Workforce: Reimagining Federal Pell Grants
The Young Invincibles released a report, Reimagining Federal Pell Grants: Reshaping the Talent Pipeline for Young Adults, which examines how increasing access to financial aid for short term credential programs may jump start the...
Half of Nursing Home Leaders Report Having Seriously Considered Quitting
According to new results from the 2023 McKnight’s Mood of the Market survey, nearly half of all nursing home leaders have considered quitting, down from a high of 55% in 2022. There is some...
Healthcare Job Growth Trends Upward in September, Yet Demand for Workers Continues to Exceed...
According to an October 6th report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the number of healthcare jobs increased by 41,000 jobs in September, compared with the average monthly gain of 53,000 over the...
Kansas Apply Free Days
Do you have a staff member who has been considering going back to school? Tell them about the Kansas Apply Free Days! The Kansas Board of Regents will waive application costs for Kansas who...
49 States Report Shortage of HCBS Workers
In a brief published by KFF on October 24th, Payment Rates for Medicaid Home- and Community-Based Services: States’ Responses to Workforce Challenges, authors Alice Burns, Maiss Mohamed, and Molly O’Malley Watts analyze findings from...
GROWTH in the Nursing Workforce – A Promising Proposal from Capitol Hill
On October 26th, Representatives Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL) and Juan Ciscomani (R-AZ) introduced new bipartisan legislation to support community college nursing programs. The Grants for Resources in Occupational Workforce Training for Healthcare (GROWTH) Act expands...
Healthcare Workers Continue to Face a Mental Health Crisis
An October 24th CDC Early Release Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR), “Vital Signs: Health Worker – Perceived Working Conditions and Symptoms of Poor Mental Health – Quality of Worklife Survey, United States, 2018-2022,”...
Caregiver Advocacy Groups Launch Joint Initiative to Support Professional and Family Caregivers
PHI and the National Alliance for Caregiving, at NAC’s inaugural CaregiverNation Summit on October 25th, launched a multi-year initiative, Together in Care, to strengthen the relationship between direct care workers and family caregivers. Funded...
Candidates Can’t Secure Placements, While Vacancies in Leadership Persist
Developing the next generation of leadership in skilled nursing communities continues to vex the industry as the next generation of leaders are finding it increasingly difficult to find placement for Administrator in Training (AIT)...