Long-term care leaders return to basics, employ innovation to grow direct care staff
By
Kimberly Marselas
May 20, 2024
Facing the reality that most new nurses don’t choose to enter geriatrics, senior living and skilled nursing leaders both are going back to the basics and seizing on innovation to expand their direct...
Improving industry workforce, perceptions and access are 3 areas of focus for Argentum’s new strategic...
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Feb 09, 2023
Engaging, developing and supporting 2 million career opportunities in senior living, improving policymaker perceptions of the industry and making senior living more attractive to prospective residents...
NLRB extends comment period on proposed ‘joint employer’ standard
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Oct 17, 2022
Senior living providers planning to submit comments on the proposed rule for determining “joint employer” status received the gift of time after the National Labor Relations Board extended the deadline...
Senior living organizations’ missions can attract residents and capital sources, enhance margins: experts
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Mar 07, 2023
Having a mission can better position senior living operators to attract new residents and capital sources, and enhance margins, according to industry experts.
Senior living operator to pay $59,000 in back wages, $7,000 in penalties for wage violations
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Nov 14, 2023
A Mississippi senior living operator must pay $59,000 in back wages for repeatedly shortchanging workers, plus an additional $7,000 in penalties for repeated violations, according to the Department of...
New ‘joint employer’ rule coming next month: NLRB
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jul 28, 2023
A new “joint employer” rule will be coming next month, according to the National Labor Relations Board’s agenda published Thursday to the Federal Register.
‘Staffing and labor challenges do persist,’ provider survey finds
By
Lois A. Bowers
Oct 24, 2022
Nine percent of long-term care providers responding to the latest executive survey by the National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care said they continue to experience “severe” staffing shortages,...
Provider actions can help assisted living counter ‘great scrutiny’
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Feb 29, 2024
The assisted living model is “under threat” following increased federal scrutiny and negative attention from lay media outlets, but providers can take steps to educate lawmakers and the public about...
Assisted living’s value lies in affordable, quality care: paper
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Mar 10, 2023
With a rapidly aging population that will need access to affordable care and services, the assisted living model is the one that makes sense from a quality of life and fiscal perspective, according to...
A final rule issued Tuesday by the Federal Trade Commission will prohibit employers across the country from using noncompete agreements in most instances.