It’s no secret that recruiting and retaining employees is the biggest challenge facing senior living and long-term care operators. Sometimes it takes some creativity to stand out to current and prospective...
It’s a good time for a move to senior living, data show
By
Lois A. Bowers
Apr 20, 2016
Annual senior living costs increased 2.7% from 2014 to 2016, according to new data released by senior living referral service A Place for Mom. The increase outpaces inflation but still beats the housing...
$625,000 stipend will continue work to alter perceptions of aging, dementia
By
Lois A. Bowers
Oct 05, 2016
Anne Basting’s work to improve older adults’ quality of life and change perceptions related to aging and dementia recently received a big boost in the form of a $625,000 “genius grant”...
Providers seek $450 million from PA stimulus funds to cover pandemic costs
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
May 26, 2021
Senior living associations in Pennsylvania are lobbying legislators for $54 million for assisted living and personal care providers from the American Rescue Plan stimulus funding to the state. The ask...
Labor market stabilization, operator efforts ease senior living workforce challenges
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Oct 26, 2023
Vacancies are down, and caregiver staffing is beginning to stabilize in senior living communities, according to new data on wage growth for certified nursing assistants, licensed practical nurses and registered...
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...
70 percent of assisted living providers still report significant or severe workforce shortage
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Mar 16, 2023
Seventy percent of assisted living providers responding to a newly released LeadingAge workforce poll said they still are experiencing a significant or severe workforce shortage.
Senior living execs pique student interest as Granger Cobb Institute pilots Corporate Scholars program
By
Lois A. Bowers
Oct 24, 2022
Executives from Aegis Living, Merrill Gardens and Murano Senior Living are piquing interest in the senior living industry among Washington State University students participating in a new Corporate Scholars...
COVID relief package needs to address pandemic ‘dangers’ to older adults, provider group says
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Feb 16, 2021
LeadingAge is stepping up calls on Congress to adopt a COVID relief package addressing the dangers that the pandemic poses to senior living residents and other older adults.
‘Take flu out of the equation,’ get vaccinated during pandemic, public health officials advise
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Oct 02, 2020
Concerned about a dual outbreak of influenza and COVID-19 this winter, public health officials recommended Thursday that long-term care workers and residents — and others — “take flu out of the equation”...