Program lets high school students pick up credit, paycheck — and interest in senior living
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Sep 08, 2023
High school students working in senior living and care settings can earn credit for their work under a new experiential learning program adopted by state legislators in Minnesota earlier this year.
Senior living faces lingering workforce, financial challenges, provider groups say
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 27, 2023
Although the COVID-19 pandemic led to increased costs, decreased revenue and exacerbated staffing shortages across the healthcare continuum, assisted living providers weathered those challenges with fewer...
Solving ‘unprecedented workforce crisis’ is focus of new AHCA/NCAL campaign
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jan 12, 2023
An “unprecedented workforce crisis” is the backdrop for a national campaign launched by the American Health Care Association / National Center for Assisted Living on Wednesday to educate job-seekers...
Pilot study on direct care workers to inform future nationwide survey
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jan 23, 2024
Assisted living community workers are among those whose input is being sought in a pilot study to more accurately define the job of a direct care worker.
How can assisted living improve for future emergencies? Report shares ideas
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jan 04, 2023
“It is essential that the assisted living COVID-19 experience be understood to prepare for future emergencies,” researchers from the Center for Excellence in Assisted Living write in a special article...
Providers concerned about meeting direct care worker wage increase requirements
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Sep 22, 2022
A planned $15 hourly minimum wage requirement for home- and community-based service workers set to take effect Oct. 1 in Florida has some senior living providers concerned about how they will cover the...
Current federal efforts targeting care economy ‘miss the mark,’ industry advocates say
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 10, 2024
As a kickoff to Caregivers Month, President Biden spoke Tuesday about the “care economy” at Washington, DC’s Union Station, celebrating the contributions of care workers across the country. Senior...
Apprenticeship program provides frontline staff with career growth paths
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Mar 28, 2023
With a boost from a grant program initiated by Argentum, one senior living provider is using apprenticeships to recruit and retain frontline staff who previously had no career growth paths.
Employer COVID-19 vaccine mandates significantly increase uptake with little effect on staffing: study
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Aug 08, 2023
An employee mandate led to a “significant” increase in COVID-19 vaccine uptake with little effect on staffing in a multi-state network of continuing care retirement communities studied by researchers,...
Masking, testing, vaccination key to keeping residents safe this winter: health expert
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Dec 22, 2022
Los Angeles County in California, which implemented some of the country’s strictest COVID-19 mandates during the pandemic, recently was on the verge of returning to an indoor mask mandate thanks to the...