Report suggests market opportunities for senior living
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Dec 19, 2023
Conventional wisdom that care at home is less costly than assisted living is not necessarily true anymore, according to a recent report from the Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University and...
Coalition of 400+ groups calls on Congress to fix ‘broken’ immigration system
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 05, 2023
A new coalition that includes the American Health Care Association, LeadingAge, the American Seniors Housing Association and more than 400 other national and state-level business groups is calling on Congress...
Employers’ severance agreement actions can be unlawful even if employee doesn’t sign, NLRB says
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 24, 2023
Employers received additional guidance about severance agreements Wednesday in a memo from National Labor Relations Board General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo to all field offices in light of the board’s...
Overtime rule sometimes applies to ‘highly paid’ workers, Supreme Court rules
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Feb 24, 2023
The Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that, under certain circumstances, “highly paid” employees can be eligible for overtime pay if they are paid daily rather than on a salaried basis.
Fishers, IN-based healthcare real estate company Invesque and Dallas-based senior living provider Sonida Senior Living held second-quarter earnings calls on Monday.
Immigration reform needed to solve caregiver shortage: Brookings
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Apr 09, 2024
Immigration reform is necessary to expand the availability of caregivers, according to experts at the Brookings Institution.
Legislators look to ‘tap the breaks’ on private equity investments in healthcare, expert says
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jun 21, 2023
Healthcare transactions have been “robust” over the past decades, but the past five years or so have been “a particularly active period” with a “spike” coming in 2020 and into 2022 as pandemic...
Hiring bias from AI-powered selection tool costs company $365,000 in settlement
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Aug 16, 2023
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission last week settled its first-ever lawsuit involving alleged age discrimination through the use of artificial intelligence tools in the hiring process. The result...
Rates for nursing homes, in-home care down: report
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 28, 2024
Movement of rates for long-term care is mixed, with assisted living and home health aide rates up but rates for in-home nursing visits and nursing homes declined year over year, according to a new report...
Experts: Mind these 4 health and safety focus areas
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Apr 19, 2024
Occupational Health and Safety Administration regulations “should be considered the starting point for any facility health and safety program,” according to presenters at a Thursday webinar by business...