If the nursing home industry continues to fill staffing gaps at its current rate, it will take until at least 2026 to return to pre-pandemic levels without assistance, an Aug. 8 report from the American Health Care Association/National Center for Assisted Living found.

Most nursing home facilities in the U.S. lost more than half of their nurses and aides in the past year and are struggling to fill the gaps, USA Today reported Aug. 4.

San Francisco city attorneys filed lawsuits to keep Laguna Honda Hospital and Rehabilitation Center open, The San Francisco Chronicle reported Aug. 4.

New York City-based Mount Sinai Health System and Contessa, a home-based care provider, expanded their partnership Aug. 2 by combining the system's home health agency into their existing joint venture. 

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

Here are five national nursing home standard updates Becker's has reported on since June 30: 

Patient transfers out of San Francisco-based Laguna Honda Hospital and Rehabilitation Center were paused by city officials July 28.

The Shirley Ryan AbilityLab in Chicago earned the No. 1 spot on U.S. News & World Report's 2022-23 Best Hospitals for Rehabilitation ranking released July 26. 

Some nursing homes nationwide have developed a strategy to collect debt by suing the families and friends of residents, Kaiser Health News reported July 28.

CMS updated its Nursing Home Five-Star Quality Rating System on July 27 to include weekend staffing rates for nurses and information on annual turnover among nurses and administrators. 

Crosby, Minn.-based Cuyuna Regional Medical Center will build a $12 million to $15 million nursing home on the Heartwood Senior Living Community campus in Crosby.

CMS released its first home- and community-based services quality measure set July 21 to promote consistent quality measurement within and across such programs.

Nearly 120 residents remain at Woodland Behavioral and Nursing Center at Andover (N.J.) as the facility prepares to close in August after a troublesome history, Sparta Independent reported July 19.

Proposed federal staffing minimums for nursing homes could cost the industry $10 billion annually to hire more than 187,000 more caregivers, a July 19 report from the American Health Care Association and consulting firm Clifton Larson Allen found.

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

Touchstone Healthcare Community in Sioux City, Iowa, which has been fined a total of $500,000 by the federal government since 2016, is closing, NBC affiliate KTIV reported July 15.

The CDC updated enhanced barrier precautions for nursing facilities July 12 to protect residents from multidrug-resistant organisms.

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

CMS updated its nursing home staffing rating system July 7 to include four new measures.

Senior housing occupancy increased from 80.5 percent in the first quarter of 2022 to 81.4 percent in the second quarter, making it the fourth consecutive quarter increase, according to a July 7 report from the National Investment Center.