COVID-19 pandemic tied to burnout in healthcare professionals
Oct 05, 2022
Emotional exhaustion and depersonalization increased as the pandemic wore on in 2020.
Actions & Transactions, Sept. 11
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Sep 11, 2023
Blueprint CRE facilitates sale of 5-property SNF portfolio in Virginia … Former LA funeral home, Salisbury, NC, car dealership to be affordable senior housing … KIRCO’s newly acquired senior living...
New staffing option for budget-strapped communities?
By
John O'Connor
Oct 14, 2015
Many staffing-challenged communities may be overlooking an obvious relief valve: social workers. New findings from the University of Missouri reveal that this largely overlooked group can help improve...
AHCA calls for action as 60 percent of SNFs limit new admissions
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jul 18, 2022
Six out of 10 nursing homes are refraining from admitting new residents due to historic staffing shortages, according to a survey by the American Health Care Association. This reality presents a problem...
Supreme Court weighs how far employers must go to accommodate workers’ religious practices
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Apr 18, 2023
Freedom of religion is paramount among American liberties, but can a business require an employee to work on Sunday if it goes against that person’s faith? The Supreme Court will hear arguments today...
Business briefs, June 12
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jun 12, 2023
Enlivant laying off 284 corporate employees … Brookdale reports May occupancy … Bassett Healthcare Network, Hartwick College launch joint nursing degree incentive program … CommuniCare, staffing...
NLRB returns to ‘setting-specific’ standards for employer discipline of employee misconduct
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 03, 2023
The National Labor Relations Board on Monday issued a ruling that signals a return to the long-established “setting-specific” standards of when an employer may discipline an employee for speech or...
The tight labor market is preventing the construction of senior living communities and increasing wage pressure among operators, according to National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care Chief...
Skilled nursing demand increasing, but staffing remains issue
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Nov 07, 2022
killed nursing occupancy increased by 48 basis points from July to August to end the month at 78.8%, according to the National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care’s most recent skilled nursing...
Nearly half of nurses may leave the nursing profession in the next two years: survey
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Oct 20, 2021
Fully 49% of nurses surveyed are likely to exit the profession over the next two years, according to ShiftMed’s annual State of Nursing Report.