Hospice CAHPS Exemption Deadline December 31, 2022
Hospices that served fewer than 50 survey-eligible decedents/caregivers in CY 2021 (January 1, 2021 through December 31, 2021) can apply for an exemption from participation in the CAHPS Hospice Survey for CY 2022. To view or...
New LeadingAge Workforce Crisis Resource Document
LeadingAge advocates can access a new resource, a “Workforce Crisis: American Needs Caregiving Professionals Now” two-page document that provides updated statistics on the population of the United States that is rapidly aging, and the steadily...
DOL Announces $90 Million Funding Opportunity to Support Pre-Apprenticeship Program for Young People
To help remove academic and training barriers faced by young people, on November 30, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) announced a $90 million funding opportunity in YouthBuild Program grants to support pre-apprenticeships in high-demand industries including healthcare...
DOL Nursing Expansion Program Funding Opportunity Announcement Amended: The Nursing Career Pathways Track’s Lead...
On October 11th, LeadingAge asked the Department of Labor (DOL) for a clarification on whether the DOL’s Nursing Expansion Grant Program’s Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) requires nonprofit healthcare organizations, who are one of the...
Have You Seen the New LeadingAge Workforce Recruitment Tools?
Backed by recent national research among potential employees, LeadingAge prepared new workforce recruitment tools. LeadingAge members can access communications strategies, message frames, messenger guidance, and tips for crafting recruitment communications. These tools are part...
Department of Labor Resources on Workplace Stress
Approximately two-thirds of workers surveyed characterized work as being a very or somewhat significant source of stress, each year from 2019-2021. The Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has created a Workplace...
LeadingAge LTC Coalition Letter to Congress: Prioritize Aging Services Workforce
On October 18th, LeadingAge joined Argentum and the American Senior Housing Association (ASHA) in co-signing a letter to the Senate and House Congressional leadership, and to the co-chairs of the House 21st Century Long-Term Care...
EWA Webinar: Key Member Reports on Workforce and Caregiving
On October 11th, LeadingAge participated in an Eldercare Workforce Alliance (EWA) webinar titled, “Key Member Reports on Workforce and Caregiving.” The panelists at the session highlighted important reports on workforce data, shortages, career ladders,...
Aging Studies Program at WSU
Advance your career in senior living and across the aging profession with a graduate degree in Aging Studies from Wichita State University. The 36hr online Master of Arts in Aging Studies program allows you to specialize...
ICYMI – LeadingAge Kansas Gets State and National Media Attention on Staffing Agencies
From the Salina Journal: Medical facilities want change - Kansas nursing homes and hospitals have relied on staffing agencies – at a high cost (Featuring Rachel Monger and member Charlotte Rathke)
October 6, 2022 | Salina Journal, The (KS)...
MedPAC Commissioners Discuss Nursing Home Staffing Ratios
MedPAC held its October public meeting today; the agenda included a discussion on nursing facility staffing. MedPAC staff presented these background slides, including a data analysis pulled from 2019-2021 PBJ submissions. The analysis showed that agency...
Research from the LeadingAge LTSS Center @UMass Boston and Weil Cornell Medicine Links Job...
A new article in Geriatric Nursing by Verena R. Cimarolli, Natasha S. Bryant, and Robyn Stone, researchers at the LeadingAge LTSS Center @UMass Boston, and Francesca Falzarano, a researcher at Weill Cornell Medicine’s Division of Geriatrics...