Assisted living supply increasing, but access remains a challenge for most older adults: AARP
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Sep 29, 2023
Three years after the COVID-19 pandemic hit the nation, major gaps in care for older adults and people with disabilities persist, particularly in attracting and retaining the long-term care workforce and...
Assisted living communities should be integrated into greater community, report recommends
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Sep 08, 2022
Assisted living communities and other congregate care settings are “vital” and should be more fully integrated into surrounding communities through short-term respite care, adult day services, and...
$81 million national dementia care workforce study aims to better coordinate care
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Nov 20, 2023
The development of an annual national survey of the dementia care workforce, including assisted living workers, is being launched thanks to a five-year, $81 million cooperative agreement with the National...
Workforce, advocacy, provider support comprise new LeadingAge strategic plan
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 18, 2024
WASHINGTON, DC—On the second day of LeadingAge’s Leadership Summit 2024 here, Board Chair Roberto Muñiz, president and CEO of New Jersey-based Parker Health Group, urged members to share their stories...
School career exploration programs help cultivate future workforce
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Sep 13, 2023
A Texas not-for-profit organization serving people living with dementia is looking to local youth in the hopes of building a future workforce pipeline.
Career ladders, lattices can provide opportunities, but there are issues: panel
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Sep 29, 2022
Career ladders and lattices can provide career advancement and specialization for senior living and care employees. But aging services thought leaders admit more work needs to be done to integrate programs...
Addressing senior living caregivers’ childhood trauma improves outcomes for workers, residents: report
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
May 14, 2024
Senior living and care employers can reduce the negative effects of childhood trauma experienced by frontline caregivers by building nurturing relationships and safe workplaces, according to a new report.
Staffing, cost of care, living conditions top bones of contention for prospective AL residents and operators,...
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Aug 18, 2023
As a wave of baby boomers continues to shape the senior living landscape, a new white paper looks at top concerns those prospective residents are raising in evaluating their options, and provides best...
Task force releases recommendations addressing workforce shortages
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
May 20, 2024
Although North Carolina’s assisted living communities don’t employ large numbers of nurses, industry leaders noted that findings and recommendations from a state task force on addressing a shortage...
Fostering respect and appreciation seen as keys to retaining direct care workers
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Mar 27, 2024
Expressions of appreciation and respect can go a long way in addressing senior living’s direct care workforce crisis, according to a panel of direct workers and employers who addressed what makes employees...