Our nation is struggling to address two significant challenges. One concerns too few people. The other, too many.
Why senior living needs to step up its game
By
John O'Connor
Jun 04, 2020
Senior living will adapt to COVID-19 by doing away with buffets and using design that encourages social distancing. But what about the proverbial elephant in the room?
On the path to additional oversight?
By
John O'Connor
Aug 04, 2016
Assisted living operators increasingly are serving residents with severe physical and cognitive challenges, are accepting Medicaid dollars and are getting into trouble while doing so. In other words, they...
‘What we’ve got here is failure to communicate’
By
John O'Connor
Apr 07, 2016
Wondering why it’s so difficult getting prospects to move in? Here’s my advice: Watch “Cool Hand Luke.”
Down and out in senior living
By
John O'Connor
Aug 19, 2021
We soon could find ourselves dealing with a whole new kind of lost generation. One that’s made up of the very workers your organization will presumably need to dig out.
So you think your workers are happy, do you?
By
John O'Connor
Apr 13, 2023
The arguably second biggest labor problem in senior living: more workers soon may want to unionize.
Memories are made of this
By
John O'Connor
Sep 10, 2020
In all our lives, there are things that happen. And then there are events that are so profound they become the pillars of our collective memory. For the senior living sector, COVID-19 has the potential...
When it comes to labor relations, maybe we can’t handle the truth
By
John O'Connor
May 16, 2019
From a labor relations standpoint, the past few years have been extremely kind to senior living operators. But a new bill in Congress might turn things around.
Not much for ‘quickie election’ foes to feel good about
By
John O'Connor
Aug 27, 2015
In upholding federal regulations that speed up union elections, a federal court recently dealt a serious blow to senior living operators and other critics.
Senior living field getting antsy over ANSI?
By
John O'Connor
Jan 09, 2020
A largely unnoticed development now has more than a few operators wondering whether the Trojan Horse carrying federal rules has arrived. But in this case, the proverbial steed was always inside the gate.