I. FOLLOWING THE NARRATIVE: A quick summary of national media trends last week.
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President Biden’s nursing home initiative, unveiled as part of his Mar. 1 2022 State of the Union address, boosted discussion of long term care quality issues to the national level throughout the week. Other aging services related topics of media interest included analysis of CDC’s new COVID case tracking methods impact on nursing homes and other congregate settings for older adults; Congressional support for provider relief funds, and use of technology in caregiving.
Biden Administration and Congress
- *Associated Press: Biden to launch ambitious overhaul of nursing home quality
- *Washington Post: Biden vows to crack down on poorest-performing nursing homes
- *New York Times: Biden will lay out new nursing home protections in his State of the Union speech
- *McKnight’s Long-Term Care News: Providers happy nursing homes are among White House’s top priorities but disheartened at approach
- *Skilled Nursing News: ‘Stop Blaming Nursing Homes’: Biden’s Proposed Reforms Garner Mixed Reactions
- *Kaiser Health News: Biden’s Promise of Better Nursing Home Care Will Require Many More Workers
- McKnight’s Long Term Care News: Providers decry major ‘crack down’ without major funding
- *McKnight’s Senior Living: Industry advocates use nursing home mention in SOTU to press for COVID-19 relief
- *McKnight’s Senior Living: Associations join forces in call for Provider Relief Fund changes
- *The Hill: Democrats frustrated with latest Manchin pitch on Build Back Better
- McKnight’s Long-Term Care News: CMS assures it wants provider input before issuing staffing, other rules
Coronavirus, Masking, Tests/Therapeutics, Workforce
- NewJersey.com: As COVID evolves from pandemic to endemic in NJ, how will our lives change?
- WGN Radio (Chicago, IL): Older Adults: Coping with loss and loneliness from the pandemic
- *Home Health Care News: After Reopening Their Doors, Adult Day Providers Are ‘Starting From Scratch’
- Kaiser Family Foundation (Study): Medicaid Home & Community-Based Services: People Served and Spending During COVID-19
- *McKnight’s Long-Term Care News: Providers seek more as CDC eases masking guidelines for most Americans
- *McKnight’s Senior Living: What the CDC’s new masking guidance means for long-term care
- McKnight’s Long-Term Care News: Long-term care facilities to receive expedited meds through Test to Treat initiative
- Home Health Care News: ‘Perfect Storm’ of Staffing Challenges Continues to Batter Home-Based Care Operators
- *Home Health Care News: After Reopening Their Doors, Adult Day Providers are ‘Starting from Scratch”
- Modern HealthCare: Nursing homes lead push in state legislatures to regulate staffing agencies
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:
- *The Wall Street Journal: Senior Communities Add Tech Assistance as One of Their Perks
- McKnight’s Long-Term Care News: Telemedicine helped nursing home residents avoid ER visits, research finds
- McKnight’s Long-Term Care News: How connectivity needs are challenging LTC facilities
- *Senior Housing News: Rise of Robots: Workforce, Covid Pressures Lead to Bolder Tech Investment in Senior Living
- McKnight’s Long-Term Care News: ‘Much worse than expected’: Nursing home margins projected to hit negative 4.8%
- *McKnight’s Senior Living: H2-B cap reached for immigration applications for second half of fiscal year
- Home Health Care News: ‘When Is Too Much, Too Much?’: Home Care Costs Continue to Increase
- *McKnight’s Senior Living News: Bill calls for $2.5 billion investment in affordable senior housing, service providers
- WKRN (Nashville, TN): Home-sharing may be affordable housing solution for elderly residents
III. What’s On Our Radar — this week’s likely priorities:
- Continued response to POTUS Quality of Care in Nursing Homes Initiative
- Crisis in access to care for older adults and families as March 10 COVID anniversary
- Workforce focused media outreach
IV. National Statements & Products (all posted on the Press Room page):
