In a statement following the bill’s introduction, AHCA/NCAL President and Chief Executive Office Mark Parkinson said, “We appreciate Congressman Neal, Sen. Casey, Sen. Wyden, and Congresswoman Bonamici’s work around the reauthorization and modernization of the Elder Justice Act, and that it incorporates proposals from our Care For Our Seniors Act. We are glad to see policymakers provide a desperately needed focus on …
A new WebEx series produced by the AHCA/NCAL Quality Award Program will be released every Thursday this July to help you decide whether applying for the National Quality Award Program is right for your facility. The series will feature past Gold Quality Award recipients as they chat for half an hour over coffee each week in preparation for the application …
We are proud to recognize the 2021 Bronze Award recipients who are HealthCap® members. The American Health Care Association and National Center for Assisted Living (AHCA/NCAL) bestowed this honor on 263 skilled nursing care centers and assisted living communities. We applaud the 8 HealthCap® members who achieved this distinction! Applicants for the Bronze Award level used the Baldrige Excellence Framework …
This morning, the American Health Care Association announced their new reform agenda, the Care for Our Seniors Act, in partnership with LeadingAge. Check out excerpts from their statement below, or click here for their full announcement. “The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed and exacerbated systemic issues impacting the nursing home sector, such as workforce shortages, aging physical plants, and underfunded government …
The Institute for the Advancement of Senior Care recently published a great article containing several strategies and resources your facility can use to prepare to administer COVID-19 vaccines. Among the resources is a website from the CDC detailing the Pharmacy Partnership for Long-Term Care Program for COVID-19 Vaccination, along with the #GetVaccinated Communications Toolkit from AHCA/NCAL that contains a vaccine …
Seniors in post-acute care centers account for more than a quarter of all COVID-19 deaths nationwide. Facilities have also been overwhelmed by costs and they are asking for aid from the federal government. Mark Parkinson, president, and CEO of the American Health Care Association, which mostly represents for-profit facilities, says in an NPR Daily Newsletter that they hadn’t faced a …
In a recent publication on “Morning Consult”, Mark Parkinson, President, and CEO of the American Health Care Association and National Center for Assisted Living (AHCA/NCAL) gave some insight into what providers have been living with and continue to struggle with during this pandemic. “From the beginning, long-term care providers never wavered from their commitment to delivering the highest quality of …
Are you facing staffing challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic? Well, you aren’t alone! Have you considered temporary nurse aides? AHCA/NCAL has an online, 8-hour training program for temporary nurse aide certification. The program was developed to give centers an opportunity to train current ancillary staff as well as others interested in providing care (i.e., activity aides, dietary aides, housekeepers, etc.). …
