New leadership training program’s first class begins
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 16, 2023
Several long-term care and healthcare employers are collaborating with the Health Career Lab of Louisville, KY, to create “a leadership training program focused on empowering tomorrow’s healthcare...
Light exposure before nightshift cuts fatigue, errors
May 12, 2023
The findings were seen in a study of nurses, who also report sleeping better after their shift.
Business briefs, April 24
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Apr 24, 2023
Federal noncompete clause rule should take tailored approach, address separation agreements, senior living advocates say … Senior living move-in experience can be improved with better customer, dining...
Direct care workforce could be hit by bill restricting public assistance
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 18, 2023
A new bill creating new restrictions on food assistance and Medicaid eligibility could have unintended consequences on Iowa’s direct care workforce, according to senior living advocates.
OSHA workplace violence rule shouldn’t be ‘one-size-fits-all’ or duplicate existing requirements,...
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 13, 2023
Advocates for senior living and other aging services providers are asking the federal government to grant providers flexibility and not duplicate existing requirements as a potential federal workplace...
Hourly wage growth slowing across long-term care, Fitch Ratings says
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Apr 12, 2023
Wage growth is slowing as labor begins to stabilize in continuing care retirement / life plan communities, assisted living communities and nursing care facilities, according to Fitch Ratings latest monthly...
Assisted living nurses can continue skilled nursing care under new law
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 11, 2023
The controversial practice of allowing nurses in assisted living communities in Massachusetts to provide skilled nursing care has received another extension with the adoption of a new law.
CCRC internship program helps train next generation of LPNs
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Apr 11, 2023
Not-for-profit continuing care retirement / life plan community Jefferson’s Ferry in South Setauket, NY, has restarted an internship program with Suffolk County Community College through which students...
Assisted living workforce shortage could be worsened by federal nursing home staffing requirements
By
Lois A. Bowers
Apr 04, 2023
Assisted living communities and personal care homes could lose staff members to nursing homes if a minimum staffing requirement is implemented for nursing facilities by the federal government, according...
Bill would close loophole on sexual predators working in senior living communities
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Mar 27, 2023
Legislation preventing sexual predators and human traffickers from working in senior living communities is working its way through the Oklahoma Legislature.