Listening can help reduce compassion fatigue in service industry: speaker
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jun 02, 2022
During a Wednesday LeadingAge membership call, Gregg Levoy, an author and speaker about mental health, acknowledged that long-term care providers are facing a workforce crisis of epic proportions, with...
Some retirees embrace returning to work
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jun 02, 2022
To help with labor challenges, long-term care employers may want to look to retired workers. Many baby boomers who retired now are finding themselves wanting to return to work, and companies are welcoming...
Building a thriving care workforce means addressing burnout: Surgeon General advisory
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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.
Job satisfaction falls among healthcare workers, physicians report shows
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 19, 2022
Seventy-two percent of healthcare workers and physicians are satisfied with their current job, according to data from the American Medical Association’s 2022 National Burnout Benchmarking report. That...
Benefits, culture key to hiring and retaining workers, leaders say
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Kimberly Marselas
May 17, 2022
Combining pay increases with innovative benefits and a culture that rewards loyalty is a key way to improve long-term care hiring and retention, six industry leaders said last week.
‘We’re all trying to make a better industry,’ Lifetime Achievement Award winner says
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
May 16, 2022
Connections to people from all walks of life can launch careers, according to the McKnight’s Women of Distinction 2022 Lifetime Achievement Award honoree.
Worker shortage hits long-term care more than other healthcare sectors, report shows
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 16, 2022
Every sector in healthcare has felt the sting of the current worker shortage, but none more so than long-term care, according to a report issued this month by the Department of Health and Human Services...
6 ways to minimize risk within your senior living community
By
Kenita Hill
May 12, 2022
If you can maintain a low level of risk in your senior housing community, it can keep your residents and staff members safe.
$1.3 million project aims to strengthen direct care workforce
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 05, 2022
A $1.3 million federal project, with funding spread out over five years, will establish a new center to help strengthen the direct care workforce providing home- and community-based services to older...
Assisted living workers in line to receive one-time bonus payment for pandemic work
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
May 04, 2022
Minnesota has created a $500 million fund to award one-time bonus payments to frontline workers, including assisted living workers, for staying on the job during the pandemic. Gov. Tim Walz signed the...