Assisted living reaching ‘breaking point,’ with 40 percent of providers without sufficient staffing
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
May 09, 2023
Assisted living providers in Minnesota say that the workforce situation is bleak and getting worse as industry leaders advocate for more funding to ensure career-sustaining wages for caregivers.
$1 million in grants available to prevent, address gender-based violence and harassment in workplaces
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 01, 2023
The Department of Labor has made a total of $1 million in funding available for up to four grants to prevent and respond to gender-based violence and harassment against women from underserved and historically...
3 keys to firming up staffing at your senior living community
By
Malinda Shultice, DHSc
Apr 24, 2023
With these three things, you’ll get agency staffing out of your building in a timely fashion. Take it from someone who has run a building and never used an agency for the duration of the pandemic.
College program uses field experience at providers to help train social workers to serve older adults
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Apr 21, 2023
A Scholars in Aging program at the University of Connecticut is training the current and next generation of social workers to address the needs of older adults. The Constitution State has the sixth largest...
Federal efforts to strengthen care economy fall short for senior living, advocates say
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 19, 2023
President Biden’s executive order on strengthening the care economy, although well-intentioned, does not offer adequate solutions for long-term care in part because it does not support assisted living...
Providers among recipients of $13.5 million for apprenticeships
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Apr 18, 2023
Several long-term care providers are among the recipients that will share in $13.5 million in funding for apprenticeship programs to help expand health careers across the state of Iowa, Gov. Kim Reynolds...
CCRC secures high court review in class action case alleging consumer fraud
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 14, 2023
The New Jersey Supreme Court will review a trial court’s decision to provide refunds to continuing care retirement community residents who alleged a bait-and-switch scheme by a senior living operator.
$270,000 in grants to providers will fund COVID-19 vaccination clinics, education efforts
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 14, 2023
More than $270,000 in federal grant dollars are being distributed to senior living and other long-term care providers to promote education about and increase uptake of COVID-19 vaccinations.
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...
$215,000 disability discrimination complaint could have ‘broader ramifications’ on resident contracts,...
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 12, 2023
A Pennsylvania continuing care retirement community agreed to a $215,000 Fair Housing Act settlement over allegations of disability discrimination, but the senior living owners and operators said that...
