Staff turnover stabilizes year over year for about half of assisted living providers
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jan 25, 2024
Staff turnover in assisted living has changed little for many providers over the past 12 months, according to findings in the “2023-2024 Assisted Living Salary & Benefits Report,” published by Hospital...
Latest job perk: work a shift, get paid
By
John O'Connor
May 30, 2019
Think offering same-day or next-day paychecks would be impossible to execute? Some of the competition is about to start doing exactly that.
Resiliency training can help combat compassion fatigue
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Oct 25, 2023
The COVID-19 pandemic exposed senior living and other aging services workers to unprecedented trauma and loss. As the world emerges from those dark days, workers now are exhibiting compassion fatigue,...
Solving senior living’s top challenge
By
Lois A. Bowers
Oct 01, 2015
When James Balda takes the microphone at insurer Genworth’s annual symposium on long-term care today, he’ll be discussing what senior living owners and operators have been telling him is the...
CE, time with residents help retain employees, Brookdale says
By
Lois A. Bowers
May 26, 2016
Offering continuing education and more time to interact with residents are keys to retaining employees, Brookdale Senior Living executives told those attending its Investor Day in person or online on Thursday.
Driving employee engagement with technology
By
Jason Gottschalk
Feb 13, 2020
Supporting meaningful work requires the right systems and tools to be in place. Technology can accelerate this process by removing the obstacles that often stand in the way.
Legislation, lawsuits aim to block overtime rule from taking effect
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jun 07, 2024
Republican-backed legislation introduced this week in both houses of Congress under the Congressional Review Act, if passed, would block the federal overtime rule from going into effect on July 1.
40 percent of senior living CEOs could be retiring within 5 years
By
Lois A. Bowers
Feb 26, 2018
Forty percent of senior living CEOs could be retiring within the next five years, making succession planning an urgent matter, suggests a recent survey sponsored by LeadingAge.
Staffing shortage is more than an HR headache, speakers say
By
Lois A. Bowers
Oct 22, 2018
The staffing challenges facing senior living communities are not just human resources headaches. They also represent the biggest operational risk in the industry, according to experts participating in...
Trump administration to appeal overtime rule decision
By
Lois A. Bowers
Oct 31, 2017
The Justice Department on Monday said it intends to appeal an Aug. 31 U.S. District Court summary judgment that a federal overtime rule finalized under President Obama was unlawful because it based overtime...