States, other countries offer insights into making long-term care more affordable: report
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Feb 21, 2023
No single approach to long-term care financing is ideal, but “approaches from within the United States and abroad offer insights into how healthcare systems and payment models can be leveraged or expanded...
Older workers’ on-the-job injuries most expensive: report
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jul 26, 2023
Workers aged 60 or more years are injured less often on the job than workers in most other age groups, but their injuries cost the most to treat. That’s according to a report from insurance company Travelers.
Offering a retirement plan ‘critical asset’ even for small business owners
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 09, 2023
It’s not just the big corporations that need to offer a retirement plan to employees. Even small business owners can, and should, should set up a retirement plan, according to Los Angeles-based Capital...
$140 million Ilumin formed by merger of 3 Pennsylvania long-term care providers
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Feb 04, 2022
Pennsylvania senior living and care providers Allegheny Lutheran Social Ministries, Garden Spot Communities and Liberty Lutheran Services will affiliate under the umbrella of a new parent company named...
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...
Record Social Security bump could push seniors into higher tax bracket, experts say
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jul 20, 2022
Social Security recipients could see a record 10.5% cost of living adjustment next year, the bipartisan Senior Citizen League predicts, but that could bump some beneficiaries into higher tax brackets....
‘Small and complex’ senior living and care industry ripe for investors: NIC chair
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Nov 03, 2021
HOUSTON—Despite the “temporary disruption” from the pandemic, market conditions are favorable for investing in senior living and care, Kurt Read, chair of the NIC Board of Directors and managing...
Citing critical healthcare worker shortage, governor proposes $72 million for training
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 21, 2022
Nursing and healthcare worker shortage, Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont (D) has proposed allocating $72 million from the state’s coronavirus relief funds to help students and universities that train nurses...
NLRB rescinds some election rule provisions, delays implementation of others
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 15, 2023
The National Labor Relations Board has rescinded portions of a 2019 final rule related to union elections and delayed implementation of other provisions. The action complies with a recent decision of the...
NLRB targets ‘omnipresent surveillance’ of workers by employers
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Nov 01, 2022
Companies that use technology to monitor workers’ computer usage, conversations and movements have been put on notice. The National Labor Relations Board plans to protect employees from “omnipresent...