The long-term care industry operates within its own professional networks and regulatory frameworks, where operational ...

The Center for Public Health Readiness and Communication (CPHRC) and Office of Education, both within the Drexel Dornsife School of Public Health (DSPH), have collaborated to develop and launch ...

The STAR+PLUS Home and Community Based Services (HCBS) program and Medically Dependent Care Program (MDCP) are Medicaid waiver programs that offer enhanced, community-based services for people who ...

Initiative 1163 would more than double required training — from 34 to 75 hours — for most new long-term-care workers. It also would require certification and more rigorous background checks.

The American Health Care Association / National Center for Assisted Living launched a new workforce campaign, Caregivers for Tomorrow, on Tuesday, calling for federal efforts to bolster the workforce ...

McKnight's Long-Term Care News is now offering free long-term care continuing medical education courses and credits on its website, www.mcknights.com.

The authors propose an innovative approach to investing in the professional development of direct care workers (DCWs)—through recruitment, retention, and career advancement opportunities that ...

The investments are part of the government’s Your Health plan to recruit and retain tens of thousands of long-term care staff over the coming years. “Our government is fixing long-term care by ...

Medicare does not now and never has covered long-term care. Problems tend to arise because there’s so much confusion about long-term care, LTCLTC for short. This Q&A should help clarify ...