‘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.
Brookdale sets occupancy, move-in records despite market pressures
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
May 09, 2022
Brookdale Senior Living recorded its best first-quarter sequential occupancy results in 10 years and in March experienced its highest March move-in figure in history, executives said Friday during a first-quarter...
LTC Properties defers or abates $2 million in rent as operators feel ‘some stress’
By
Lois A. Bowers
May 02, 2022
Long-term care operators felt “some stress” in the first quarter as they continued to confront labor pressures and inflation, LTC Properties Chairman and CEO Wendy Simpson said Friday during the Westlake...
NCAL, Argentum tell OSHA: COVID-19 healthcare rule could compound senior living financial, workforce...
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 28, 2022
Senior living industry leaders brought their concerns about a proposed federal COVID-19 healthcare rule to the table on Wednesday in testimony reiterating their opposition to broad requirements that they...
Workplace ‘major driver’ of COVID infections in long-term care staff: study
By
Ron Rajecki
Apr 18, 2022
The workplace is a “major driver” of COVID-19 infections among long-term care and other healthcare workers, according to the results of a new study published in the American Journal of Infection Control....
Nursing home workforce shortages hit Minnesota the hardest, California the least
By
Ron Rajecki
Apr 18, 2022
Minnesota’s nursing homes reported the largest staffing shortages in the country, according to an analysis of Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services data conducted by Seniorly.
Health care employee turnover recovering
Apr 11, 2022
The recovery is uneven, however, particularly among historically marginalized racial and ethnic groups.
Gender wage gap narrows among younger workers: Pew Research Center
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 31, 2022
Women in the United States overall tend to make less money than men, but the gender wage gap is narrowing among younger workers, according to data published this week by the Pew Research Center.
12 tips for recruiting and retaining staff members
By
Lois A. Bowers
Mar 28, 2022
At what National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care President and CEO Brian Jurutka said was “probably the most important session” at the group’s Spring Conference, four speakers shared...
Almost a third of nation’s workforce earns less than $15 an hour, research shows
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 25, 2022
New research from Boston-based Oxfam America indicates that 51.9 million workers, 31.9% of the nation’s workforce, earn less than $15 an hour.