Workforce shortages in the healthcare industry are nothing new. But even with creative incentives and initiatives, continuing care retirement / life plan communities continue to struggle to recruit and...
Workforce program gives students a taste of senior living while serving CCRC’s needs
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Sep 05, 2024
A workforce engagement program launched by a Delaware continuing care retirement community provides job opportunities for high school students and gives them a taste for senior living while filling job...
Access to skilled care care approaching crisis levels
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Aug 23, 2024
Families are facing fewer care options and delays in securing care for their elders, according to the 2024 Access to Care report from the American Health Care Association.
Growing demand for direct care workers underscores pressing need to invest in job quality: PHI
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Sep 04, 2024
The direct care workforce serving residents in assisted living communities and other residential care settings has fluctuated in the past several years, struggling not only to return to pre-pandemic levels...
Senior living priorities hang in balance during ‘strange’ political season
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Aug 29, 2024
In one of the “strangest” political years ever, the dust is finally settling and a presidential race is setting up, according to one expert who looked at how the elections could have a significant...
Significant assisted living regulation changes bring challenges for providers, more options for residents
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Aug 30, 2024
Significant new regulations for assisted living that just began rolling out this summer have created significant challenges for providers in Kentucky, but the end result will be more options for residents...