Cinderella bots? Senior living communities can cut costs by automating cleaning process, company suggests
By
Aaron Dorman
Dec 13, 2023
A new robotic cleaning model can help senior living operators handle staffing shortages and keep caregivers working with residents.
Meet Carly Loewus, 2023 Rising Star
By
Amy Novotney
Jul 31, 2023
Learn more about Carly Loewus, Campus Administrator, Clement Manor, Greenfield WI.
Provider partners with local college to upgrade lab to train nursing assistants
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Apr 20, 2023
Oak Terrace North Mankato, an Oak Terrace Senior Living community in North Mankato, MN, is formalizing its relationship with nearby South Central College on a nursing assistant lab that now bears the provider’s...
48 percent of assisted living providers may close due to workforce issues: survey
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jun 08, 2022
More than half (52%) of assisted living providers participating in a new survey say that their overall workforce situation has worsened since January, and 48% are concerned that they may have to close...
Senior living workforce programs gain support in bipartisan Senate spending bill
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jul 31, 2023
Following a “deeply partisan” spending proposal from the House of Representatives that gutted workforce development programs, senior living advocates are praising a Senate bipartisan spending bill...
CNAs to the rescue in senior living?
By
John O'Connor
Feb 16, 2023
A plan in Virginia to enable CNAs to meet training requirements in assisted living communities is something other states should consider.
Collaboration targets elevating the value of nursing
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 03, 2024
In an effort to help improve job satisfaction and retention rates for nurses, no matter where they work, a collaboration between the AARP and the DAISY Foundation aims to recognize the value of nurses.
New coalition brings groups together to address provider, senior needs
By
Lois A. Bowers
Apr 01, 2019
The Florida Health Care Association, LeadingAge Florida and AARP have formed the Coalition for Silver Solutions with state legislators in an effort to develop short- and long-term strategies to meet the...
2 federal bills look to boost pipeline of healthcare workers
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Apr 12, 2024
Bills introduced in both houses of Congress may bolster the healthcare workforce if they become law.
Affiliations, acquisitions part of growth strategy for a third of operators: Ziegler
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Aug 25, 2022
Affiliations and acquisitions are top of mind for senior living and care executives contemplating growth strategies for the next two years, according to the results of the latest Ziegler CFO Hotline survey.