Alaska has the highest proportion of facilities reporting nursing home staff shortages in the U.S., while California has the lowest, a new analysis from Kaiser Family Foundation found.

Republican senators have asked the U.S. Justice Department to investigate the conditions of a troubled New Jersey nursing home, The Hill reported March 17.

Thirty-six percent of U.S. nursing home residents and 64 percent of staffers had not received a COVID-19 booster as of late February, an AARP analysis published March 17 found.

A New York state audit released this week found the state's health department under former Gov. Andrew Cuomo failed to publicly account for 4,100 COVID-19 deaths of nursing home residents. 

Below are six hospitals, health systems or hospital operators that have recently posted job listings seeking post-acute care talent.

State regulators said a North Carolina nursing home that left three staff members to take care of 98 residents in January put its residents in "immediate jeopardy" after failing to enact an emergency plan, The News & Observer reported March 15.

New Jersey will send monitors to Woodland Behavioral and Nursing Center at Andover amid continued complaints of "abusive" and "neglectful" actions, Northjersey.com reported. 

Long-term care residents and staff with symptoms or signs of COVID-19 must be tested immediately, regardless of vaccination status, under updated CMS guidance for long-term care facilities. 

Argentum, a national trade association for senior living facilities, recently honored 10 recipients with its 2022 Champions of Seniors Award.

The Joint Commission and Alzheimer’s Association are uniting to improve the quality and safety of dementia care in nursing, skilled nursing, and assisted-living facilities, the organizations said March 10.

Alaska provides the most hours of daily care to nursing home residents in the U.S., while Illinois offers the least, data from a quarterly Long Term Care Community Coalition report shows.

The American HealthCare Association and the National Center for Assisted Living  are seeking a meeting with President Joe Biden and the head of CMS to discuss what they called "factually incorrect" information presented during the president's recent announcement of nursing home reforms. 

Below are six hospitals, health systems or hospital operators that have recently posted job listings seeking post-acute care talent.

After discovering calculation errors in two measures related to the March 2022 Care Compare provider preview reports, CMS has corrected and re-released the reports, the agency said March 7.

A troubled New Jersey nursing home has until Aug. 15 to make major changes or face the termination of all federal funding, Nj.com reported last week.

The implementation of a resident safety program is effective in reducing unnecessary antibiotic use in long-term care facilities, a study published in JAMA Network Open found.

One of Iowa's largest nursing home chains is being prepped for sale after amassing more than $1 million in fines, the Iowa Capital Dispatch reported March 2. 

President Joe Biden's nursing home reforms will require mandating adequate staffing levels for all nursing homes without bankrupting those that can’t afford the costs of higher labor, Kaiser Health News reported March 2. 

Below are seven hospitals, health systems or hospital operators that have recently posted job listings seeking post-acute care talent.

President Joe Biden announced reforms Feb. 28 to boost nursing home staffing and oversight, citing COVID-19 death data showing 200,000 nursing home residents and staff deaths from the virus.