LeadingAge Florida Bulletin: Survey Trends
LeadingAge Florida members have been experiencing issues with increased scrutiny in the CMS nursing home survey process. To help our members prepare and deal with the increased scrutiny, the weekly …
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CMS: Updates to the Nursing Home Compare website and the Five Star Quality Rating System
In March 2019, CMS released the CMS Roadmap for Fighting the Opioid Crisis. One aspect of this roadmap is a directive to address how quality measures may provide incentives for …
Tapping older workers is key to solving state’s workforce problem
Older workers are vital to keeping Minnesota’s workforce strong, and can be part of the solution to our state’s workforce problem. In the Star Tribune’s Sept. 29 coverage of Minnesota’s …
Providers look to foreign-born caregivers to ease LTC staffing shortages
Long-term care providers are hoping several policy recommendations will ease caregiver shortages. LeadingAge announced Tuesday a set of proposals aimed at increasing the number of foreign-born aging services workers in the United …
Great Guana Cay 2.0
ATTENTION: All Friends of Great Guana Cay and Friends of Elephant Beach House! Please join us for a 60 minute webinar to survey the devastation caused by Category 5 Hurricane …
Where Were You: A Tribute To Our Caregivers In The Arena
Where were you as Caregivers stood in the face of danger to protect those from the elements of an unprecedented natural disaster? Who kissed their families and left their homes …
FALA Hurricane Readiness Alert
ATTENTION ALL OPERATORS OF SENIOR LIVING COMMUNITIES IN FLORIDIA: Please see the below article of Florida Assisted Living Association’s recap of Governor Desantis’ emergency preparedness call. Please be prepared to …
Associate of the Month: Rico Prevatt
Congratulations, Rico (and Happy Birthday)!
‘Devastating’ closure of rural nursing home comes despite gov’t attempt to find buyer
The Feds have scared off another skilled nursing facility operator and, thereby, leaving a rural community with limited options to care for its elderly, frail population. The sole nursing home …