Skilled nursing facilities in states where there aren’t any training delays should be actively working to transition all of their temporary nurse aides to certified status “as soon as possible,” say ...

The nation’s largest long-term care advocacy group is urging the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to reissue a blanket waiver that would allow nursing homes to employ temporary nurse aides ...

An Iowa nursing home worker fired after being accused of repeatedly neglecting residents’ needs is entitled to unemployment benefits, a judge has ruled.

State forum focuses on removing barriers to employment for trained caregivers waiting on final testing ...

With nursing homes and other long-term care facilities desperately short of nurses and aides, it is more important than ever for consumers to know about staffing levels, quality, and turnover. But it ...

One of the most critical health care jobs and lowest paid is the nursing assistant, which is also called a nurse aide or a home health aide. In western Massachusetts and elsewhere, there’s a chronic ...

HILO (HawaiiNewsNow) - The workforce crisis continues to hamstring Hawaii’s hospitals. In addition to the statewide shortage of nurses, there’s also a need for hundreds of nurse aides. The situation ...