I. Current Talking Points for Media Engagement:
Older Americans Month Talking Points
See link to full State Media Resources folder at bottom of page.
II. Following the Narrative: A quick summary of national media trends last week.
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As Supreme Court leaks dominated the news cycle during the first week of Older Americans Month, national aging services coverage focused on core issues of workforce and potential economic recovery packages.
Coronavirus, Vaccines, Workforce, Mandates, Waivers
- Axios, WHO says COVID pandemic caused nearly 15 million excess deaths
- Politico, FDA leaders: Annual Covid vaccines are likely in our future
- (Paywall) MedPage Today: CDC: COVID Boosters Blunted Omicron’s Effect on Nursing Homes 5/5/22
- *ABC News, Facing labor shortages and cost hikes, many long-term care facilities are shuttering
- McKnight’s Home Care, RN workforce shrank nearly 2% during pandemic: study
- Home Health Care News, Home Health Providers Buoyed by ‘Survivor Exhilaration’ as Staffing Battle Continues
- *McKnight’s Senior Living, $1.3 million project aims to strengthen direct care workforce
- Oil City News (Wyoming), Wyoming joining 13 states to address critical health care worker shortages
- WBFO, NPR (Buffalo), Paid training, tuition assistance may be key to solving New York’s nursing home staffing crisis
- La Crosse Tribune, National Guard partnership with local hospitals, nursing home concludes
- (Column) McKnight’s Long-Term Care News, Providers reveal why they didn’t collapse under federal staff vaccination mandate
- The Afro: Nurses testify at OSHA hearing, demand the agency break with CDC guidance to prevent spread of COVID-19 at work
- *McKnight’s Long Term Care, ‘Very real challenges’ coming for nursing homes with end of first set of COVID waivers
Biden Administration, Congress, Government Agencies
- Politico, Dems grimace at Manchin’s bipartisan energy detour
- The Hill, Housing investments at risk as Build Back Better withers
- The Wall Street Journal, Fed, Biden Administration Float New Lending Rules for Lower-Income Areas
- McKnight’s Senior Living, Providers demand fixes after feds find MA plans wrongly delay or deny SNF services too often
- Home Health Care News, Home Health Providers Should Prepare for Increased Scrutiny Due to Nursing Home Sector Reforms
III. 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:
- *Skilled Nursing News: ‘A Sight for Sore Eyes’: Nursing Home Industry Adds 900 Jobs in April
- *Hospice News, Hospice Unattainable for Some Families Without Caregiver Support
- BerkeleySide (California), First North Berkeley affordable housing in over 30 years, Jordan Court, opens
- The Architect’s Newspaper, A dead mall near Rochester, New York, is now affordable senior housing
- (Opinion) Sun Current (Minnesota), Letter: To legislators, support professional caregivers
- WGCL, CBS (Georgia), Local teens, nonprofits team up to hold fashion show for nursing home residents
IV. What’s On Our Radar — this week’s likely priorities:
- Advocacy urging Congress to fully fund the White House emergency COVID relief measure
- Advocacy urging CMS not to cut Medicare payment rates
- Ongoing engagement with White House, federal agencies re: POTUS Quality of Care in Nursing Homes Initiative
V. National Statements & Products (all posted on the Press Room page):
