Senate considers push to free immigrants' path to long-term care jobs, ease staffing crisis
Part of the skilled nursing sector’s staffing shortage could be eased with a change in U.S. immigration policies.
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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.