Vision 2025 takes major stride toward enhancing senior living leadership training
By
James M. Berklan
Jun 21, 2019
A “historic” group of aging services professionals concluded two days of meetings with university professionals Thursday in Chicago, and the resulting buzz left participants eager for the next steps.
Providers need funding to improve Medicaid HCBS access, quality, advocates say
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
May 01, 2023
Senior living advocates are applauding steps announced by the federal government to ensure equitable access to home- and community-based services provided via the Medicaid program, but they say that funding...
5 strategies for hiring and retaining talent during a pandemic
By
Bette McNee, RN, NHA
Jan 24, 2022
Senior living and care leaders continue to navigate the effects of COVID-19 on their organizations, staff members and the individuals they care for. In the midst of this global health crisis, long-term...
Safeguarding senior living: Avoid 3 key mistakes in employee screenings
By
Jeff Ernste
Jan 11, 2024
As disconcerting as the stakes may be, properly carrying out background checks is a necessary and ultimately rewarding effort.
Pandemic reveals why some organizations are ‘Best Workplaces’
By
Lois A. Bowers
Dec 11, 2020
As with all things in senior living this year, the coronavirus influenced employee perceptions of their employers, and in turn, senior living organizations’ rankings in Fortune’s third annual lists...
NAHC calls on members to press Congress on Choose Home bill
By
Diane Eastabrook
Aug 03, 2021
The National Association for Home Care and Hospice (NAHC) is issuing an urgent call to action, imploring members to lobby lawmakers on the recently introduced Choose Home legislation.
White House pulls out all the stops to promote care economy plan
By
Diane Eastabrook
Aug 13, 2021
On Thursday, the White House initiated a full court press for its $3.5 trillion budget blueprint that would provide billions of dollars for home- and community-based services, higher caregiver wages and...
More employers attending to wellness of workers caring for elderly relatives
By
Lois A. Bowers
Sep 27, 2021
Senior living employees see to the physical and mental wellness of residents every work day. And some of you continue such efforts at home, where you care for aging parents or other relatives. A new survey...
Assisted living provider at center of nation’s largest individual wage theft case
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jun 20, 2023
In what’s being called the largest wage theft case related to an individual in the nation, a Denver assisted living company is on the hook for approximately $1 million for failing to pay a caregiver...
38 percent of workers are subject to noncompete agreements, GAO says
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 18, 2023
An estimated 38% of workers have been subject to an NCA at some time in their careers, the US Government Accountability said in a new report.