I. FOLLOWING THE NARRATIVE: A quick summary of national media trends last week.
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Although no major aging-focused news broke last week, the media’s monitoring of Covid-related topics, from vaccine and booster rates to workforce challenges and financing, continued. Concerns about the latest variant, BA.2, and a new wave loom.
Coronavirus, Vaccines/Boosters, Testing, Workforce
- Kaiser Family Foundation (Study): Nursing Facility Staffing Shortages During the COVID-19 Pandemic
- The Washington Post (Opinion): Hospitals desperately need staff. But capping travel nurses’ pay won’t help.
- Forbes: Unless We Future-Proof Healthcare, Study Shows That By 2025, 75% Of Healthcare Workers Will Leave The Profession
- The New York Times: Another Covid Surge May Be Coming. Are We Ready for It?
- CBS News: The CDC could lose access to key data to track COVID-19
- Skilled Nursing News: Nursing Home Staff Vaccine Rates Promising Ahead of CMS Deadline, But Boosters May Be a ‘Step Too Far’
- AARP: 1 in 3 Nursing Home Residents Still Haven’t Received a COVID-19 Booster, AARP Analysis Finds
- Associated Press: Pfizer Asks US to Allow 4th COVID Vaccine Dose for Seniors
- CBS News: Moderna seeks FDA authorization for 4th dose of COVID shot
- McKnight’s Long-Term Care News: CMS updates COVID-19 testing guidance for nursing homes
- *McKnight’s Long-Term Care: Exemptions, education avert mass employee exodus as vaccine mandate deadline passes
- Politico: CDC Email: Let’s Do Better with ‘Our Data’
Biden Administration and Congress
- *McKnight’s Senior Living: Senior living tells White House it knows all too well what it’s like to fight pandemic without funding
- *McKnight’s Senior Living: Omnibus appropriations package sets aside $275 million to address visa backlog
- The 19th: Nursing home workers react to Biden’s ‘game-changing’ call for reform
- *Kaiser Health News: To Families’ Dismay, Biden Nursing Home Reform Doesn’t View Them as Essential
- McKnight’s Long-Term Care News: Former CMS leader rips Biden’s nursing home reform plans
- McKnight’s Senior Living: Medicare Advantage plans ‘robust’ at the expense of traditional Medicare plans: report
- McKnight’s Home Care: Home health leaders take aim at MedPAC over proposed Medicare payment cut
II. Other Clips that Influenced the Week: LeadingAge is a sought-out, reliable source for multiple trade and national media outlets (see that coverage posted in our LeadingAge Press Room). Other key clips that shaped the narrative last week:
- *AdAge: Agency News You Need To Know This Week
- *McKnight’s Senior Living: Ukrainian refugees could find support, employment at U.S. long-term care facilities
- Home Health Care News: Immigration Pathway Could Boost Home-Based Care Workforce
- Kaiser Health News: Despite Seniors’ Strong Desire to Age in Place, the Village Model Remains a Boutique Option
- The New York Times: Meet the Underdog of Senior Care
III. What’s On Our Radar — this week’s likely priorities:
- Push for Provider Relief Funds
- Continued response to POTUS Quality of Care in Nursing Homes Initiative
- Workforce focused media outreach
IV. National Statements & Products (all posted on the Press Room page):
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