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Nursing homes added nearly 41,000 workers last year and rely far less on temporary agency staff than in 2022, a staffing research firm says, but nursing assistant jobs remain the hardest to fill.
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Home care
Medicare filed a notice to expand its home health Review Choice Demonstration to California. Separately, the national freeze on new hospice and home health agencies is set to lapse November 13 unless CMS extends it.
Nursing homes
A Senate Finance Committee minority report released October 29 links complex ownership deals and understaffing to resident harm. Industry groups are divided over its proposals.
Senior living
A national real estate report finds occupancy rising fastest in assisted and independent living, while only about 21,000 units are under construction and rents have outpaced regular apartments.
Nursing homes
Researchers studying nearly a million long-stay residents found that homes serving more residents of color had fewer registered nurses and more serious bedsores, and that the gaps narrowed where Medicaid paid more.
Medicare
After a lawsuit by a Medicare advocacy group, federal officials told Medicare's appeals board that patients needing daily physical or occupational therapy can get skilled nursing facility coverage without daily nursing care.
Medicaid
A Boston federal court sided with 25 states, including New York, against a federal rule that would have made seriously ill adults prove their condition keeps them from meeting new Medicaid work requirements.
New York
New York's Home Energy Assistance Program starts taking regular applications Monday. Households with someone 60 or older can get an extra $35, and some people are enrolled automatically.
Nursing homes
Four states, including New York, require nursing homes to put a set share of their money into resident care. A new federal review says the rules work differently in each state and are hard to track.
Dementia
Researchers studied DNA from about 2.8 million people and linked 127 regions to Alzheimer's risk. They say it guides future research but does not mean a gene test can predict who gets the disease.
Senior living
A Walker & Dunlop outlook describes a scarcity-driven market: occupancy above 90%, construction starts at about a third of normal, and rents rising more than 4% a year for over four years.
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