Employer COVID-19 vaccine mandates significantly increase uptake with little effect on staffing: study
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Aug 08, 2023
An employee mandate led to a “significant” increase in COVID-19 vaccine uptake with little effect on staffing in a multi-state network of continuing care retirement communities studied by researchers,...
Long-term care workforce shortages worst in all of healthcare, provider groups say as Senate committee...
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Feb 17, 2023
Healthcare workforce shortages were front and center at Thursday’s Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing, and senior living industry advocates made their voices heard.
Victory in assisted living case does not mean providers can turn a blind eye to harassment of workers
By
Jennifer Long
Neville M. Bilimoria
Jun 03, 2024
Despite a recent court ruling, failure to take action in defense of staff members in the face of verbal abuse could cause substantial liability for operators.
COVID, workforce, financial issues confront senior living providers as 2023 starts, leaders say
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Lois A. Bowers
Jan 03, 2023
Addressing the burnout plaguing existing employees while working to entice others to join the industry will be a focus of providers in 2023.
‘Joint employer’ rule will have ‘particularly negative impact on senior living,’ senators say
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Lois A. Bowers
Nov 27, 2023
The National Labor Relations Board’s new “joint employer” rule will have a “particularly negative impact on senior living arrangements,” the top Republican member of the Senate Special Committee...
Current federal efforts targeting care economy ‘miss the mark,’ industry advocates say
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 10, 2024
As a kickoff to Caregivers Month, President Biden spoke Tuesday about the “care economy” at Washington, DC’s Union Station, celebrating the contributions of care workers across the country. Senior...
Executive indicted for fixing nurse wages at 3 companies
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 17, 2023
A federal grand jury on Wednesday indicted an executive of three home healthcare agencies for conspiring to fix the wages of nurses in violation of the Sherman Antitrust Act, which dates back to 1890.
Prison sentences don’t reflect ‘horror’ doled out to workers by residential care facility owners,...
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Feb 10, 2023
Multi-year prison sentences on human trafficking and labor-related charges were handed down Wednesday for three members of a family that owned and operated adult residential care facilities in California.
Brio among ‘Best and Brightest’ employers
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jul 26, 2023
Chelsea/Grand Rapids, MI-based Brio Living Services, formerly known as United Methodist Retirement Communities & Porter Hills, is the only long-term care provider among the top 101 companies named to the...
Senior living community among ‘unwitting’ providers swept up in $114 million fake nursing degree...
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jan 30, 2023
A New Jersey assisted living community was among many “unwitting healthcare providers” across the country duped into hiring more than 7,600 nurses with fake credentials due to a $114 million fraud...