New leadership training program’s first class begins
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 16, 2023
Several long-term care and healthcare employers are collaborating with the Health Career Lab of Louisville, KY, to create “a leadership training program focused on empowering tomorrow’s healthcare...
Senior living occupancy inches toward pre-pandemic levels, analysis finds
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 15, 2023
Occupancy in senior living (independent living, assisted living and memory care) communities is stabilizing, according to the results of a recent study by software company WelcomeHome.
Loans for new construction bounced back in 4th quarter: NIC
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 12, 2023
After a sharp decline in the issuance of mini-perm/bridge debt for senior living in the third quarter of 2022 , senior living loans bounced back in the fourth quarter to levels seen earlier in the year,...
Long-term care staffing challenges likely to worsen, commission reports
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 10, 2023
Staffing challenges in long-term care are only expected to get worse, according to a report released Monday by the Pennsylvania Joint State Government Commission.
April’s jobless rate ties January’s record low at 3.4%
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 09, 2023
After a slight bump in March, the nation’s jobless rate slipped to 3.4%, tying it with January’s record low. That’s the lowest jobless level in 54 years.
Offering a retirement plan ‘critical asset’ even for small business owners
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 09, 2023
It’s not just the big corporations that need to offer a retirement plan to employees. Even small business owners can, and should, should set up a retirement plan, according to Los Angeles-based Capital...
Healthcare employment increases by 40,000 jobs in April: BLS
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 08, 2023
The healthcare sector gained approximately 40,000 jobs in April, according to data released Friday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. That’s down slightly from an average monthly gain of 47,000 over...
Pace of move-ins accelerates across senior living, skilled nursing: NIC
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 08, 2023
The share of operators reporting an acceleration in the pace of move-ins in the past 30 days has increased across all care and service segments, according to the results of the latest Executive Survey...
NLRB returns to ‘setting-specific’ standards for employer discipline of employee misconduct
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 03, 2023
The National Labor Relations Board on Monday issued a ruling that signals a return to the long-established “setting-specific” standards of when an employer may discipline an employee for speech or...
Low-wage workers experience historically fast wage growth: report
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 01, 2023
Low-wage workers experienced wage growth of 9% between 2019 and 2022. That’s a historically fast real wage growth over the three-year span, especially in a period of economic inflation, according to...