Address racial, gender inequality to increase pipeline of direct care workers: report
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Lois A. Bowers
Nov 09, 2017
Gender and racial disparities among direct care workers could be contributing to the difficulty of attracting new candidates for such jobs, according to a new report that PHI released Wednesday.
1,650 workers at facilities in receivership get paychecks
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Lois A. Bowers
Apr 10, 2018
The approximately 1,650 employees working at the 10 assisted living communities and 21 nursing homes in Nebraska that were put into receivership on March 23 were paid last week, according to the consulting...
House-passed legislation would worsen senior living workforce challenges, group says
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Lois A. Bowers
Feb 10, 2020
Legislation passed Thursday in the House of Representatives would result in major labor law changes that would worsen the workforce challenges affecting senior living operators if it becomes law, Argentum...
Retirement community resident among first to receive meds via drone
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Lois A. Bowers
Nov 11, 2019
A retirement community resident recently became part of history as one of the first people in the United States to receive a medical prescription by drone under a program approved by the Federal Aviation...
Assisted living director pay tops $73,000 in CCRCs, survey finds
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Lois A. Bowers
Jul 09, 2018
Pay for directors of assisted living/personal care who work in continuing care retirement communities averaged $73,938 in 2018, according to the “Continuing Care Retirement Community Salary & Benefits...
Relatively low percentage of U.S. residents in long-term care: report
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Lois A. Bowers
Mar 28, 2016
A new report from the U.S. Census Bureau uses data from several sources to examine health, economic and demographic characteristics of the older population throughout the world.
Future residents may be sicker than current ones, study suggests
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Lois A. Bowers
Oct 06, 2017
Members of the pre-retirement generation already have more health issues and health-related limits on their lives than previous generations did when they were in their late 50s, according to new research.
8-year audit of The Villages ends without penalty
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Lois A. Bowers
Aug 16, 2016
An eight-year audit of approximately $300 million in tax-exempt bonds that had been issued for The Villages retirement community in Florida has ended without penalty, according to the issuer of the bonds.
CDC: Manage water to help prevent Legionnaires’ disease
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Lois A. Bowers
Jun 07, 2016
If you want to decrease the likelihood of a Legionnaires’ disease outbreak in your community, make sure you’re managing the water system properly. That advice comes from the Centers for Disease...
Only 16% of retirees ‘very confident’ they can afford long-term care
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Lois A. Bowers
Apr 25, 2018
The percentage of current retirees who are “very confident” that they will have enough money to pay for long-term care should they need it is “down significantly” from last year,...