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Pennsylvania continues to face persistent, health care workforce shortages that strain patients’ access to care, a new survey of the state’s hospitals and nursing homes found. The survey—conducted November 2024 through January 2025 by The Hospital and Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania (HAP), LeadingAge PA, and Pennsylvania Health Care Association (PHCA)—demonstrates the ways patients and residents feel the effects of workforce shortages throughout the continuum of care.

Do you ever feel the public is completely blind to your nursing home’s struggles? For those of you dealing with frustrated family members trying to find a place for their loved one, I imagine their “surprise” on learning about a lack of nursing home beds is a regular reminder that your warnings about levels of access often fall on deaf ears.

The cost of long-term care in Pennsylvania, coupled with limited staffing, is challenging nursing facilities tasked with caring for the commonwealth’s fast-growing demographic. Advocates are looking to Pennsylvania lawmakers for help ensuring seniors have access to affordable and quality care.

The Pennsylvania Health Care Association – a statewide long-term care advocacy organization for Pennsylvania’s most vulnerable residents and their providers of care – has issued the following statement in response to Governor Josh Shapiro’s budget address. 

The report, prepared by Dara P. Bourassa of Shippensburg University and Sara A. Grove of Duquesne University, found the state is “ill-equipped” to address the needs of Alzheimer’s patients within its available long-term care facilities. “Individuals living in rural counties […]

After nearly ten years, PHCA will have a new logo and defining colors, but the updated brand doesn’t stray too far from its roots. Long-term care is a keystone within the Pennsylvania health care continuum – a reason why the […]

HARRISBURG, Pa (Nov. 14, 2024) – The Pennsylvania Health Care Association (PHCA) inducted its inaugural class of long-term care professionals into its Rising Stars program. Thirteen long-term care employees were identified and nominated by their peers as emerging leaders within […]

Country Meadows Retirement Communities’ President/CEO Meredith Mills has been elected as an at-large representative on the Board of Directors for the National Center for Assisted Living. Meredith also serves as a member of the Pennsylvania Health Care Association Board.

A nursing home closure ripples through a community. Families that chose a home based on its location or service might have to drive farther or settle for a facility with lesser appeal. Caregivers must find new employers. Residents have to […]

Harrisburg, Pa. (Oct. 8, 2024) — The Pennsylvania legislature is sending new workforce legislation, proposed by the Pennsylvania Health Care Association, to Governor Josh Shapiro’s desk after a nearly two-year advocacy campaign. Once signed, the new law will establish the […]