3:45-5:15 p.m

11-C. After the Staffing Mandate: The Future of the Nursing Workforce

Nursing home operators nationwide worry about how they will comply with the new staffing standard recently proposed by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. If the mandate is approved, providers will have trouble paying an estimated $40.6 billion to hire additional nurses over the next 10 years. The daunting task of finding enough nurses to fill the required slots will be equally challenging. How will the new requirement impact our ongoing workforce crisis? Two LeadingAge workforce experts will answer that question as they examine how our sector can meet the challenges associated with growing the next generation of nurses in aging services. Take advantage of this opportunity to shape the solutions LeadingAge will bring to lawmakers as we strive for sustainable workforce solutions.

• Jenna Kellerman, Director of Workforce Strategy & Development, LeadingAge
• Nicole Howell, Director, Workforce Policy, LeadingAge