‘Living wage’ would benefit 75 percent of direct care workforce: LeadingAge report
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Sep 23, 2020
The coronavirus pandemic has highlighted the role of the country’s 3.5 million direct care workers on the front lines of the public health crisis, but those workers are undervalued and face barriers...
US needs national compensation strategy for direct care workers: PHI
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jul 13, 2022
A national compensation strategy is needed for direct care workers in light of pandemic disparity, according to a new report from PHI.
Tech, labor, wellness, business concerns factor into senior living industry trends, predictions for 2022
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jan 06, 2022
The pandemic has left its mark on the senior living industry — good and bad. As another new year begins, some industry experts share trends and predictions for what lies ahead.
Building a thriving care workforce means addressing burnout: Surgeon General advisory
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 24, 2022
“Confronting the long-standing drivers of burnout among our health workers must be a top national priority,” Surgeon General Vivek H. Murthy, M.D., M.B.A. said in an advisory published Monday.
Home healthcare faces Supreme Court labor decision, proposed CMS cuts
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Lois A. Bowers
Jun 27, 2016
The Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a challenge to a rule requiring home health agencies to pay workers minimum wage and overtime, and CMS proposed reducing Medicare payments to home health agencies...
Pandemic effects linger, requiring adjustments on visitation, staffing: CEO
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Nov 23, 2021
With its first COVID-19 vaccination booster clinic on the calendar for next week, one Washington, D.C.-based long-term care provider said its staff and residents are lining up after seeing the results...
Optimism on operating margins tempered by occupancy recovery, workforce challenges: NIC
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jan 14, 2022
About half of senior living (independent and assisted living) and skilled nursing operators anticipate that operating margins will improve in the next six months, up from one-third last fall, according...
Peer-to-Peer: Westchester Family Care founder discusses why he is not ready to institute a COVID-19 vaccine...
By
Diane Eastabrook
Jul 22, 2021
Four years after Glenn Lane launched Mamaroneck, NY-based Westchester Family Care, the inconceivable happened: a global pandemic struck.
4 disruptors facing senior living operators
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jun 08, 2018
Some senior living operators risk being overwhelmed by the pace of change in the industry, meaning that there is “tremendous potential for disruption,” according to the authors of a new white...
Employees will benefit from bike-sharing program, Atria hopes
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jul 05, 2017
Atria Senior Living is one of 10 companies sponsoring a new bicycle-sharing program in its headquarters city of Louisville, KY, and the city’s mayor says that the program will play an important role...