“$200,000 sign-on bonus program seeks to entice nurse aides to long-term care”

“$200,000 sign-on bonus program seeks to entice nurse aides to long-term care,” by Kathleen Steele Galvin, McKnight’s Senior Living

 

Quote:

“The North Dakota Department of Health will spend up to $200,000 to recruit temporary nurse aides and certified nurse aides for long-term care facilities in an effort to help combat a caregiver workforce shortage.”

 

LTC Comment, Stephen A. Moses, President, Center for Long-Term Care Reform:

Sign me up! But wait, $200K is the budget for the whole program. Individual aides only get $2K. But still. This is what it takes apparently to attract enough caregivers during a pandemic.