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September 2026
September 23, 2026
Home care
Nearly 70,000 New York CDPAP caregivers file for a union election
Nearly 70,000 caregivers in New York's Consumer Directed Personal Assistance Program, most caring for relatives, filed with federal labor officials to join 1199 SEIU, in what supporters call the largest union election in U.S. history.
Medicaid
New campaign aims to help people keep Medicaid as work rules start January 1
A $2 million nonprofit campaign called Keep Your Care launched to help states and Medicaid enrollees prepare for federal work and reporting rules that start January 1 and put roughly 10 million people at risk of losing coverage.
September 22, 2026
New York
Former Waterview Heights workers sue, saying 216 employees got no proper closure notice
Two former employees of Rochester's Waterview Heights nursing home filed a proposed class action saying more than 200 workers didn't get legally required advance notice before layoffs tied to the home's closure.
September 21, 2026
New York
New York has lost 24 nursing homes and 3,000 beds since 2020 as demand looms
New York has seen 24 nursing home closures and lost more than 3,000 licensed beds since 2020, and operators are also using fewer of the beds they still have, just as the oldest baby boomers turn 80.
September 17, 2026
New York
Judge temporarily halts the Sullivan County nursing home closure
A state Supreme Court justice ordered Sullivan County to stop moving residents out of its county-run nursing home and paused staff layoffs, though at least 60 residents had already been placed elsewhere.
New York
Workers at Catholic Health nursing homes in Buffalo and Kenmore hold informational pickets
Nearly 200 union workers at Catholic Health's McAuley Residence in Kenmore and St. Catherine Labouré in Buffalo, without a contract since July 30, picketed over staffing, wages and childcare benefits.
September 16, 2026
New York
Sullivan County nursing home residents and families sue over abrupt closure
Residents, families and workers at the county-run Sullivan County Adult Care Center have sued to stop its closure, saying officials skipped public hearings and state closure rules, while five local judges have stepped aside from the case.
September 15, 2026
Caregiving
Nearly 1 in 3 family caregivers is also raising children, AARP report finds
About 17 million Americans care for both a child under 18 and an adult with a disability or complex condition, a new AARP and National Alliance for Caregiving report finds, and most of them also hold jobs.
September 14, 2026
Assisted living
Police, staff and neighbors rescued eight people from a burning Glendale senior care home
Body camera video released after a fire at a small Glendale, California assisted living home shows police, staff and neighbors pulling residents out; eight people were rescued and the cause is under investigation.
September 11, 2026
Nursing homes
Medicare starts shorter, focused inspections for nursing homes with strong records
CMS began a new risk-based survey process nationwide this week, giving about 12% of nursing homes with strong records shorter, more focused inspections, while complaint investigations continue as before.
September 8, 2026
Assisted living
A brother's fight with Medi-Cal helps open assisted living coverage in rural California
Only 15 of California's 58 counties offer Medi-Cal's assisted living waiver, CalMatters reports, and one man's nine-month fight for his sister in Siskiyou County helped spark a rural pilot program.
September 4, 2026
Nursing homes
Nursing home jobs barely grew in August while home health care added 11,000 jobs
Federal jobs data released September 4 show nursing home employment almost unchanged in August, with health care hiring slowing overall and most new jobs going to home health services and hospitals.
September 3, 2026
New York
Town of Bethlehem orders Delmar assisted living facility vacated over building dangers
The Town of Bethlehem issued an emergency order to vacate the Albany Center for Independent Living in Delmar after inspectors found structural, electrical, elevator and mold problems, and the state is relocating residents.
September 1, 2026
Medicaid
Indiana lawmakers ask the state to protect Medicaid and in-home care for storm victims
Three Indiana state representatives asked the governor and the state Medicaid agency to make sure people hit by the August 11 derecho don't lose Medicaid or in-home care because paperwork was lost or missed.
August 2026
August 26, 2026
Nursing homes
Study links more registered nurse time in nursing homes to fewer resident hospital trips
An August study of nearly 15,000 nursing homes found that homes with more registered nurse hours per resident had fewer unplanned hospital stays and emergency visits among long-stay residents, giving families a useful question to ask.
August 24, 2026
Assisted living
California insurer's cut to an assisted living Medicaid benefit could push 3,500 seniors toward nursing homes
Health Net is ending a Medi-Cal benefit that pays for 24-hour care in board-and-care and memory care homes for about 3,500 low-income seniors, and nursing home leaders expect some to land in nursing homes or hospitals instead.
March 2026
March 26, 2026
Caregiving
Unpaid family caregiving is worth about $1 trillion a year, AARP report finds
About 59 million family caregivers provide 49.5 billion hours of care a year, equal to the work of about 24 million full-time employees, AARP's Valuing the Invaluable report says.
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