Senior living, home care add jobs, while positions in nursing homes decline
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Sep 09, 2024
Long-term care saw mixed results in the employment situation summary for August, released Friday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Comfortable retirement may be out of reach for many
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Sep 06, 2024
Respondents to a recent survey expect to retire, on average, at age 63, and many of them may retire with less than half the funds they believe they’ll need, meaning that “a comfortable retirement will...
Digital brokerage firm Offerd expands into senior living market
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Sep 05, 2024
Digital brokerage firm Offerd has expanded into the senior living market, the Austin, TX-based company announced Wednesday.
New company, 603Healthcare, assumes management of eight Genesis HealthCare properties
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Sep 04, 2024
603Healthcare has assumed management of eight former Genesis HealthCare-owned senior living and care properties in New Hampshire, 603Healthcare announced Monday.
Willow Valley Communities, Acts–Retirement Life Communities to end partnership
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Sep 04, 2024
More than two years after forging a strategic alliance, Willow Valley Communities and Acts–Retirement Life Communities are parting ways.
Employer educational assistance programs can help long-term care workers pay off student loans
By
John Roszkowski
Sep 03, 2024
Employer-based educational programs still can be used to help pay off worker students’ loans through the end of next year, potentially enabling long-term care employers to provide relief to their workers...
3rd annual McKnight’s Pinnacle Awards now accepting nominations
By
James M. Berklan
Sep 03, 2024
The registration portal is now open for the 2025 McKnight’s Pinnacle Awards, long-term care’s premier recognition program honoring sector veterans.
Business briefs, Sept. 3
By
John Roszkowski
Sep 03, 2024
Fitch downgrades of bond rating of Evangelical Homes of Michigan … Madison, WI, nursing home sale still under review after resident’s death … 4 former Bob Dean nursing homes sold to rehab and...
Senior living industry celebrates decision overruling FTC’s noncompete ban
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Aug 22, 2024
A federal judge’s decision to strike down the Federal Trade Commission’s ban on employment noncompete agreements is being celebrated by the senior living industry, among other business and employer...
New updates to OSHA’s Hazard Communication Standard in effect
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Aug 22, 2024
Updates to the Occupational Health and Safety Administration’s Hazard Communication Standard (HazCom) went into effect last month, with a compliance deadline set for 2026.