50 senior living and care companies honored on ‘Best Workplaces’ lists for 2021
By
Lois A. Bowers
Aug 20, 2021
Fifty companies providing residential senior living and care are in the spotlight after Fortune announced its Best Workplaces for Aging Services lists for 2021, the fourth round of such lists Fortune has...
Education, mandates, incentives drive high long-term care staff COVID-19 vaccination rates
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
May 27, 2021
Hawaii’s assisted living and other long-term care facilities are beating the odds — and national averages — by achieving an average 84% staff COVID-19 vaccination rate. Elsewhere, some providers...
Atria credits 98 percent employee COVID vaccination rate in part to mandate as operators take various...
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Lois A. Bowers
May 07, 2021
Atria Senior Living announced a 98% COVID-19 vaccination rate among its almost 10,000 staff members on Thursday, crediting an employee mandate, on-site clinics and its Sleeve-Up initiative. The announcement...
List of companies requiring employee vaccination for COVID-19 growing
By
Lois A. Bowers
Kimberly Marselas
Mar 29, 2021
As leaders in other industries begin dipping their toes in the COVID-19 vaccination mandate waters, the list of senior living providers that have that requirement is growing.
Long-term care staff vaccine hesitancy: Safety, efficacy, newness, distrust top factors
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Mar 22, 2021
Safety, efficacy and the newness of the COVID-19 vaccine, as well as distrust of the government, were among the major factors that long-term care and other healthcare workers cited as reasons for not receiving...
To mandate or not to mandate? That is the COVID vaccination question for some senior living providers
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Feb 18, 2021
Some senior living operators are instituting mandatory COVID-19 vaccinations for employees, but others are weighing their options.
COVID testing program uses artificial intelligence to maximize limited resources in senior living
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jan 12, 2021
A somewhat rare use of artificial intelligence in senior living is helping an operator maximize limited resources by predicting the severity of COVID-19 symptoms in residents to determine who should be...
2020 McKnight’s Excellence in Technology Awards — All winners, Senior Living track
Oct 06, 2020
The complete list of winners in the Senior Living track of the 2020 McKnight’s Technology Awards.
Juniper Communities wins Tech Awards Gold with website making Virtual Connections
By
Kimberly Marselas
Sep 30, 2020
When real estate investment trust LTC Properties approached Juniper Communities, one its operators, back in March offering support at the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic, a bright idea virtually popped...
2020 McKnight’s Women of Distinction Awards and Forum set for Tuesday and Wednesday
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jul 27, 2020
Everyone is invited to the 2020 McKnight’s Women of Distinction Awards and Forum, to be held Tuesday and Wednesday, respectively. There is no cost to attend either event.