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The American Health Care Association and the National Center for Assisted Living reported in June that nearly half of the nation’s 14,000 nursing homes are facing severe labor shortages, and 73 percent of those facilities are concerned about closing.

Keren Brown Wilson, Noah Levy and Chuck and Karen Lytle are the 2023 inductees into the Senior Living Hall of Fame.

Appointments, promotions and other news at Anthem Memory Care, The Aspenwood Company, Claiborne Senior Living, the Florida Assisted Living Association, Lifespace Communities, Monarch Communities, Priority Life Care, Springpoint Living, the Vision Centre and Watercrest Senior Living Group.

Senior living advocates are making a last-minute push to float immigration reform to the top of lawmakers’ to-do lists before end of year.

The American healthcare system is eroding at a rapid pace, pushing workers and patients towards the abyss as a torrent of COVID-related issues continues

Part of the skilled nursing sector’s staffing shortage could be eased with a change in U.S. immigration policies.

A more streamlined wage determination process for nurses will help the long-term care industry address a historic workforce crisis, experts say.

With guidance changing by the day, earlier recommendations of “be prepared to act” are echoing louder for assisted living providers. While the Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration vaccinate-or-test mandate was reinstated, another OSHA rule is set to expire today.

Prioritizing immigration visas for nurses, waiving immigration visa interviews and expanding in-person interviews to allow for virtual interviews would help address workforce challenges facing long-term care providers, a coalition of industry leaders said in a letter to the State Department. They called on the department to take “specific actions” related to immigration policies.