IntegraCare mentorship program benefits employees, residents across 3 states
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jan 10, 2022
IntegraCare’s Motivational Advancement Program, available to employees at all 15 of the company’s properties in Pennsylvania, Maryland and Virginia, aims to improve employees’ lives and, subsequently,...
Eleventh hour spending bill includes $117 billion for HHS
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 26, 2024
A $1.2 trillion spending bill approved by the Senate early Saturday morning includes $117 billion for Department of Health and Human Services operations. This sum allocates $4.1 billion for the administrative...
Life plan community outlook ‘deteriorating’ in 2023: Fitch Ratings
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Dec 07, 2022
The outlook for continuing care retirement / life plan communities is “deteriorating” due to continued labor challenges and a “softening broader economy.” That’s according to a newly released...
Census Bureau could redefine ‘disabilities’ amid controversy
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Dec 12, 2023
Advocates for disabled people are objecting to proposed modifications in how the federal government defines “disabilities,” The Associated Press reported.
Senior living occupancy recovery driven by ‘steadfast absorption,’ aging population: report
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 06, 2024
“Steadfast absorption sustains occupancy recovery” across memory care, assisted living and continuing care retirement communities, according to a new report from commercial real estate investment sales...
Expanded H-2B visa cap reached for the first half of FY 2023
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Feb 02, 2023
US Citizenship and Immigration Services has received enough petitions to meet the congressionally mandated H-2B cap for the first half of fiscal year 2023 for foreign workers starting on or before March...
At 8.5%, the U.S. inflation reached its highest point in 40 years earlier this month while the unemployment rate At 8.5%, the U.S. inflation reached its highest point in 40 years earlier this month while...
New federal rule meant to strengthen nondiscrimination protections, advance civil rights in healthcare
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Apr 30, 2024
The Department of Health and Human Services on Friday released a final rule aiming to protect individuals from discrimination in healthcare, including members of the LBGTQ+ community.
Say ‘Hello’ to Erickson’s national recruitment campaign
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Nov 08, 2022
Baltimore-based Erickson Senior Living’s new national recruitment campaign is called Hello.
7 percent of long-term care municipal bonds are in default: report
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 24, 2023
Seven percent of senior living and care-related municipal bonds are in default, compared with a default rate of less than 1% for all state and local government debt, Bloomberg reported Monday.