Workforce

One in three skilled nursing operators in a recent industry survey said their workforce levels worsened over the previous year. 

The nursing home industry is anxiously waiting for the federal government to release a first-ever staffing mandate. Yet less than a month ago, the US State Department issued a visa freeze that will absolutely...

Respondents linked this issue to feelings of overwork, with 71% saying that understaffing is the key reason for poor mental health.

Worker classification has become a contentious issue impacting a growing number of companies in the emerging gig economy.

Two upstate New York municipalities and a caregivers’ union have developed a novel program that brings together two often-opposing parties for a common goal: addressing nursing homes’ workforce problems.  

A proposed nursing home in a New England resort town will feature a fairly uncommon way to attract staff: 48 units of subsidized housing on a campus shared with dozens of local elders.

In the wake of a historic shortage of nurses and assistants, America’s nursing homes have been forced to get creative when it comes to hiring, scheduling and retaining workers. 

Better federal policies to increase the number of immigrants working in nursing homes could help providers get over the hump in meeting expected new staffing requirements, new research shows. 

An overwhelmed healthcare workforce, the implications of ongoing shortages and fears about a stressed pipeline took center stage during a Senate hearing Thursday.

Skilled nursing facilities, an assisted living community and home health providers were among many businesses across the country duped into hiring more than 7,600 nurses with fake credentials, according...