Business leaders and stakeholders around the state are offering mostly praise for the $45.2 billion 2022-2023 Pennsylvania General Appropriations Budget, which was passed by the state legislature and then signed by the governor on July 8. 

Pennsylvania is ill-prepared to serve a fast growing-population of older adults, according to a new report from state Auditor General Eugene DePasquale.

Nursing homes throughout the state face Medicaid funding gaps, for a total of $631 million in statewide funding shortages, according to data from LeadingAge PA, an association of nonprofit aging service providers in Pennsylvania.

A lack of funding, a labor shortage and the threat of lawsuits continues to plague nursing homes and elder care facilities.