Skilled Nursing News July 25, 2022
While the staffing crisis continues to have devastating impacts on nursing homes across the country, some states are expanding stopgap measures to recruit and retain positions that are in many ways the backbone of the industry – the certified nursing assistant (CNA).
Such initiatives in states like California, Minnesota and Wisconsin come at a time when federal programs like the temporary nurse aide (TNA) waiver, linked to the public health emergency (PHE), sunset this year. States aren’t alone in their CNA programs; many operators like Mission Health Communities have their own in-house training for the role.
Wisconsin last week launched an expansion to its workforce initiative, WisCaregiver Careers, thanks to a $6 million investment approved by Gov. Tony Evers. The...
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