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More adults are balancing children, parents and work
A Pew report cited by the New York Post says more than half of Americans in their 40s are in the sandwich generation, while Care.com survey findings describe career and financial strain.
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Caregivers can put their own health care aside
CNN reports that 23% of caregivers find it difficult to pay attention to their own health while caring for another person.
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California home-care funds pause as nursing-home staffing stays short
The Trump administration has paused $1.7 billion for California’s In-Home Supportive Services while new federal staffing data show broad nursing-home shortfalls.
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LTCCC finds 88% of nursing homes below expected staffing
LTCCC’s analysis of Q1 2026 federal staffing data found that nursing homes averaged 24.6% less nurse staffing than expected for resident needs.
WorkforceElder Care
Home care pay gains face Medicaid funding pressure
Some states have raised pay for home caregivers, but the source reports that Medicaid cuts taking effect in 2027 could erase those gains.
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Ohio Bill Would Put Caregiving Costs Into the Tax Code
An advocacy group is urging Ohio lawmakers to advance a proposed tax credit for family caregiving expenses.
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California Families Face a Health Net Assisted-Living Transition
Health Net announced cuts to assisted-living benefits in California for low-income seniors.
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A California assisted-living benefit is set to end
Health Net says members can keep care through their authorization periods, but the benefit is due to end Dec. 31.
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Minnesota nursing-home wage floors move toward September
A federal judge dismissed a challenge to Minnesota's workforce standards board as scheduled wage increases approach.
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California families face a coverage deadline for assisted living
Health Net plans to end an optional Medi-Cal assisted living benefit at year-end, affecting people whose families may not be able to replace the care at home.
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A Medicare Bill Links Home-Care Coverage and Worker Pay
The Medicare At Home Act would define a Part B home-care benefit and a proposed wage floor for home care workers.
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Minnesota's Nursing-Home Wage Floor Is Set for September
Minnesota's Department of Human Services was months late in filing the necessary paperwork with the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
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CMS Rules and a New Quality Icon
A final skilled nursing rule changes payment and reporting, while Care Compare will add a high-performing icon for some homes.
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A New Care Compare Icon Has Limits
CMS plans to display a high-performing icon on Sept. 30, but providers say it cannot answer every family's service question.
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RN staffing mix tracks acute-care use in nursing homes
A national panel study found lower hospitalization and outpatient emergency-department visit rates where RN share was higher, holding total nursing hours constant.
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Seven Caregiver Layoffs as Massachusetts Sets Home-Care Rules
A federal immigration policy shift left seven Haitian caregivers ineligible to work at a New York nursing home as Massachusetts enacted a home-care licensure framework.
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Massachusetts Enacts a Home-Care Licensure Law
The law directs EOHHS to create standards for non-medical home care, from background checks to a public agency list.
PolicyElder Care
Sweetwater Settlement Puts Staffing Under a New Monitor
The Dissent reports that a $15 million California settlement puts a three-year monitor over Sweetwater's staffing.
PolicyElder Care
California settlement targets staffing at 17 skilled nursing facilities
Sweetwater is a licensed skilled nursing facility chain that violated state staffing requirement laws.
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Massachusetts shows the enforcement gap in care rules
Massachusetts staffing floors, Britain's pay agreement and South Korea's insurance plan put the U.S. focus on whether formal rules reach workers, residents and families.
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Britain dates a social-care pay agreement for April 2028
The Fair Pay Agreement for social care staff will come into effect in April 2028.
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South Korea maps insurance coverage for hospital caregiving
Officials plan to finalize implementation this year and begin with severe patients in the first half of next year.
PolicyWorkforceElder Care
In four New Brunswick communities, long-term care facilities extended services beyond their walls
The Nursing Home Without Walls concept was tested in four communities in the Canadian province of New Brunswick.
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Study finds a higher care-gap share in China's care insurance pilots
Zheng and Chen report adoption associated with a higher severe care-gap proxy by 2020 (ATT 0.023), with larger estimates where policy texts omitted in-kind home and community services.
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Joan Costa-Font of LSE calls integration of health and long-term care systems inevitable
Joan Costa-Font of the London School of Economics argues that the integration of health and long-term care systems is inevitable.
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AARP puts 2024 family caregiving above $1 trillion in imputed value
59 million caregivers, 49.5 billion hours, and an average hourly value that rose to $20.41 — an accounting of unpaid work, not a payment to anyone.
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Families run complex diets for older relatives with little nutritional guidance
A new analysis finds an estimated 1 in 4 family caregivers of older adults manage nutrition and dietary changes, often alone and without professional advice.
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Families treat home care as the permanent plan, A Place for Mom survey finds
In A Place for Mom's survey, sixty-two percent of family caregivers call home care long-term or permanent — while Medicare home health use declines and an operator warns of workforce exits.
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Commonwealth Fund: Medicare home health use declines despite aging population
Paired July 9 issue briefs trace declining use to misaligned payment incentives, Medicare Advantage practices, and workforce shortages — and find many beneficiaries don't understand the benefit.
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Home care CEO warns dementia's family burden could drain the paid workforce
Dementia and Alzheimer's disease are projected to cost the United States $818 billion in 2026.
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North Carolina bill would set $18-to-$24 wage floors for direct-care workers
House Bill 1045 would set occupation-specific minimums from $18 an hour for home care aides to $24 for licensed practical nurses, starting January 2028 if approved.
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Kentucky families rally as 4% Medicaid waiver cut nears its Aug. 1 start
About 100 families, caregivers and providers rallied in Frankfort against a 4% Medicaid waiver reimbursement cut set for Aug. 1, as nearly 19,000 Kentuckians wait for waiver slots.
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HHS watchdog opens review of Medicare hospice payments in nursing homes
A new HHS Inspector General review will estimate savings from reducing the hospice routine home care rate, which covers personal care that nursing homes are already required to provide.
PolicyElder Care
DHS finalizes public charge rule effective Sept. 18
The rule drops the 2022 seven-factor test for a totality-of-circumstances review that weighs receipt of means-tested benefits against an immigrant's legal status.
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Kentucky cuts Medicaid waiver payments 4% starting Aug. 1
A June 8 letter told providers reimbursement drops next month, hitting the home and community-based waivers nearly 19,000 Kentuckians are already waiting on.
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