TN law allows medication aides to administer controlled substances
By
Lois A. Bowers
May 05, 2016
Medication aides working in Tennessee assisted living communities will be able to administer controlled substances as of Jan. 1. The provision and others related to the work and training of medication...
New overtime rule expected next year
By
Lois A. Bowers
Dec 20, 2017
The Labor Department, in its fall regulatory plan, said it expects to issue a notice of proposed rulemaking in October.
A big lump of coal … and an opportunity
By
Lois A. Bowers
Dec 18, 2023
Christmas came early for the senior living field on Sunday, when providers collectively found a big lump of coal in the industry stocking. But that stocking also contains an opportunity.
Brent Weil is definitely up to the job
By
Lois A. Bowers
May 14, 2018
The new vice president of workforce development at Argentum is tackling the field’s biggest challenge. Read our exclusive interview with him.
5 items for senior living’s 2022 to-do list
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jan 10, 2022
The leaders of five organizations active in the senior living space recently shared with me their insights on the biggest challenges facing the industry. Culled from their comments is a list of action...
Argentum asks government to address ‘regulatory overreach’ by NLRB
By
Lois A. Bowers
Feb 16, 2017
Congress and the new administration should prioritize addressing the “regulatory overreach” that has occurred via the National Labor Relations Board for the past eight years, Argentum President...
Proposed overtime rule would worsen workforce, resident access issues, provider groups fear
By
Lois A. Bowers
Aug 31, 2023
A Labor Department-proposed rule that would make approximately 3.6 million more salaried workers and so-called highly compensated employees eligible for overtime pay is “ill-timed” and would worsen...
Solving senior living’s top challenge
By
Lois A. Bowers
Oct 01, 2015
When James Balda takes the microphone at insurer Genworth’s annual symposium on long-term care today, he’ll be discussing what senior living owners and operators have been telling him is the...
Overtime rule not ‘good business,’ groups say
By
Lois A. Bowers
May 18, 2016
The new overtime rule finalized by the Department of Labor on Wednesday “is not only the right thing to do; it’s good business,” Vice President Joe Biden told the crowd gathered at a...
Proposed $35,000 threshold for overtime pay ‘reasonable,’ provider groups say, but concerns remain
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jun 03, 2019
Industry groups representing senior living organizations say they generally support the federal government’s proposed salary threshold of $35,308 under which executive, administrative, professional and...