Overtime pay proposals could add up to trouble for nursing homes, workers, senator says
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 19, 2023
Proposals to increase the threshold for overtime pay could have serious repercussions for nursing home operators and staff members, Sen. Mike Braun (R-IN), ranking member of the Senate Special Committee...
USCIS reaches limit for additional returning worker H-2B visas
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Apr 04, 2023
US Citizenship and Immigration Services has received enough petitions to reach the congressionally mandated cap for the additional 16,500 H-2B visas made available for returning workers for the early second...
Senior living poised to become ‘darling child’ of real estate, expert says
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Oct 06, 2023
The senior living sector is poised for recovery over the next 12 to 18 months, according to Aron Will, CBRE’s vice chair and co-head of National Senior Housing Practice Capital Markets. In fact, he said,...
Resident advocates call for reforms after announced closing of assisted living community
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Apr 28, 2022
The impending closure of a Beverly, MA, assisted living community highlights the need for additional regulations to protect assisted living residents, according to advocates for older adults in the state.
Fitch offers bleak outlook for life plan communities for 2024
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Dec 05, 2023
Continuing care retirement / life plan communities are facing “fierce economic headwinds” heading into next year, according to a report released Monday by Fitch Rating
Court sets aside parts of NLRB union election rule
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jan 18, 2023
The US District Court of Appeals for Washington, DC, in a 2-1 split-decision ruling on Tuesday, rejected parts of a Trump-era National Labor Relations Board rule meant to slow the union election process.
Legislation to address nursing home workforce shortages finds new supporter
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Nov 15, 2022
The Building America’s Health Care Workforce Act, introduced in May by Reps. Brett Guthrie (R-KY), Madeline Dean (D-PA) and David McKinley (R-WV), still awaits action in the House of Representatives...
Unemployment drops below 4 percent for first time in pandemic, Labor Department reports
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jan 10, 2022
Although long-term care continues to face labor issues, the number of unemployed workers in the United States overall decreased below the 4% mark in December for the first time since the pandemic began,...
Senior housing total investment return rises again in Q3: NIC
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Dec 15, 2022
The senior living sector has seen nine consecutive quarters of total investment return gains since the second quarter of this year, according to a National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care...
California study holds lessons for middle-market providers nationwide: NIC
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Nov 01, 2022
The first state-level assessment of middle-income older adults that the National Investment Center for Senior Housing & Care conducted has lessons for providers all over the country, NIC Senior Principal...