Providers among recipients of $13.5 million for apprenticeships
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Apr 18, 2023
Several long-term care providers are among the recipients that will share in $13.5 million in funding for apprenticeship programs to help expand health careers across the state of Iowa, Gov. Kim Reynolds...
Unfair labor practices charge filings, union petitions up from last year
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Apr 11, 2023
Unfair labor practice charges and union representation petitions are on the rise, according to the National Labor Relations Board.
145,000 jobs added in March while pay gains fall
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Apr 06, 2023
Private-sector employment added 145,000 jobs in March, and annual pay growth decelerated to 6.9% year-over-year, according to the March ADP National Employment Report produced by the ADP Research Institute...
Good Sam, Ebenezer parents’ merger delayed again
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Apr 05, 2023
A planned merger between the parent organizations of the Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Society and Ebenezer Senior Living, which has been facing challenges since January, now has been delayed further.
LCS in rare company as ‘Exceptional Workplace’
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Apr 05, 2023
Des Moines, IA-based Life Care Services is one of just 57 employers nationwide and the only senior living company to earn a 2023 Gallup Exceptional Workplace Award, the company announced last week. This...
USCIS reaches limit for additional returning worker H-2B visas
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Apr 04, 2023
US Citizenship and Immigration Services has received enough petitions to reach the congressionally mandated cap for the additional 16,500 H-2B visas made available for returning workers for the early second...
Long-term care organizations join forces to try to ensure survival
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 27, 2023
As long-term care providers struggle with staffing challenges and increasing expenses, some are working to ensure their survival by joining strategic alliances to share financial burdens.
Providers continue to face workforce challenges as Careers in Aging Week arrives
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 27, 2023
The long-term care industry is celebrating frontline workers this week during Careers in Aging Week as they continue to face workforce shortages.
Benchmark, Springpoint, Lasell Village named age-friendly employers
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 24, 2023
Benchmark Senior Living, Springpoint Senior Living and Lasell Village, a Newton, MA, continuing care retirement community on the campus of Lasell University, are among the employers recently added to the...
SNF staffing shifts after REIT acquisition, study shows
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 21, 2023
Steady increases in licensed practical nurse and certified nursing assistant hours per resident day in skilled nursing after REIT acquisition could mean that there is some kind of “substitution effect”...