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Keeping skilled nursing facilities fully staffed amid a triple threat

Keeping skilled nursing facilities fully staffed amid a triple threat

Chris Hedrick Caregiving is America’s largest profession and the job role with the widest gap between supply and demand.

Four and a half million long-term care workers support individuals in institutions and home-based settings across the United States. The Bureau of Labor Statistics forecasted a steep rise in that figure because of demographic trends even before the COVID-19 pandemic arrived.

Now, long-term care facilities are facing the three-fold staffing challenge of an aging U.S. population, COVID-19 and seasonal flu. Traditional CNA training programs have failed to keep up with this growing demand, creating a critical caregiver shortage.If the caregiver gap is […]

CRA $14,000 CERB: Will it Turn Into Permanent Income in 2021?

CRA $14,000 CERB: Will it Turn Into Permanent Income in 2021?

The Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CRB) was the lifeline of Canadian workers affected by the pandemic. Since the Employment Insurance (EI) was overwhelmed with millions of claimants, the federal government introduced CERB. It was the flagship program in the COVID-19 Response Plan.

After CERB ended in September 27, 2020, former recipients are transitioning to the revamped EI. Those who can’t qualify can apply for one of three new recovery measures . However, all of Canada Revenue Agency’s (CRA) income support are temporary.

Even before COVID-19, some groups were advocating for a universal basic income (UBI) so that fewer people fall below […]

Must read of the week: ‘F**k Work, Let’s Play’ by John Williams

Must read of the week: ‘F**k Work, Let’s Play’ by John Williams

It’s a new year and the time when we all look to what the future will bring. For many of us, however, the prospect of remaining in our current day jobs for another 12 months won’t fill us with much enthusiasm, for numerous possible reasons.

Perhaps you feel like you’re in a rut, or that you simply dislike where you are now. You may have come to realise that you’re wasting your talents working for someone else when you could, instead, be doing something more creative and fulfilling, on your own terms and with the real potential of significantly increased […]

Update: Nancy Pelosi’s San Francisco Home Vandalized With Graffiti; Vandals Also Deface McConnell’s Kentucky Home

Update: Nancy Pelosi’s San Francisco Home Vandalized With Graffiti; Vandals Also Deface McConnell’s Kentucky Home

SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX) — The new year brought a disturbing discovery at the San Francisco home of U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi, where, early Friday morning, vandals spray-painted her house and left a severed pig’s head in front of her garage.

The graffiti says “Cancel rent” and “We want everything” — possibly referencing coronavirus stimulus checks. There was also a severed pig’s head in a pool of red paint left in front of the garage door.

She wasn’t the only lawmaker targeted.Vandals also spray painted Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s door in Kentucky on Saturday with “WERES MY MONEY.” […]

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Homes of McConnell and Pelosi Vandalized With Messages on Stimulus Checks

Homes of McConnell and Pelosi Vandalized With Messages on Stimulus Checks

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) talks to reporters following the weekly Senate Republican policy luncheon in the Hart Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill on September 30, 2020 in Washington, D.C. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Vandals struck the homes of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in the first days of the year. In both cases, the apparent vandals spray-painted messages related to stimulus checks. Several messages, including “weres my money” were spray-painted across the front door of the Kentucky Republican’s home . The vandalism came shortly after the Senate adjourned Friday night without approving […]

Targeted project bolsters some low-income District families with cash payment

The $5,500 arrived in the middle of August with no strings attached. For Zabria Proctor, it was a godsend. The rent was due. The car loan and insurance needed paying. Bills were piling up. The fridge was often close to bare.

The pandemic had cost Proctor her job as a bus driver for special- needs children in Prince George’s County. Her husband’s work as a car detailer dried up quickly. What little money they had saved soon evaporated as well.

Like millions of low-income American families, the couple were brought to the brink by the economic devastation wrought by the coronavirus […]

Joe Biden Is Afraid Of Assassination By The Secret Service

Joe Biden Is Afraid Of Assassination By The Secret Service

The Guardian printed a story titled Joe Biden to have new Secret Service team amid concern about Trump loyalty. A cursory look at the title may make you think, “Well, that’s not a big deal.” My friends, it is a big deal and it shows us all how close to the precipice we are

It’s realistic to point out that, yes, different presidents will want different people working around them. However, there is a sinister undercurrent running through parts of the Secret Service as The Guardian points out: Some members of the president’s detail reportedly urged their colleagues not to […]

Anything is possible? 10 outrageous market predictions for 2021

Anything is possible? 10 outrageous market predictions for 2021

Team Saxo Bank rider Alberto Contador of Spain speaks during a news conference at the hotel Sanxenxo in Sanxenxo August 27, 2012. REUTERS/Miguel Vidal DUBAI: Danish bank Saxo Bank has compiled its annual list of 10 Outrageous Predictions for 2021. The predictions focus on a series of unlikely but underappreciated events which, if they were to occur, could send shockwaves across global financial markets.

1. Amazon “buys” Cyprus

2021 sees Amazon and other online monopoly and infotech giants casting an increasingly wary eye on governments looking to take them down a notch for having become too powerful, and for […]

Agricultural Robots Market Shares – Industry Trends, Strategies, And Forecasts, 2017 To 2023

Agricultural Robots Market Shares – Industry Trends, Strategies, And Forecasts, 2017 To 2023

Global Agricultural Robots Market: Overview

The escalating global population is increasing demand for food products. To cope up with this demand, efficient farming processes are being explored. This is leading growth to the global agriculture robots market. In developing countries, the rising industrialization has led to the migration of labor from farming to jobs. This has resulted to the increase in the average labor cost, which is motivating consumers to employ automation for farming activities. On the other hand, in developed countries such as the United States, players are increasing their investment in the development of advanced robots to […]