Improving employee onboarding key to engaging, motivating, retaining caregivers
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Aug 26, 2024
Employee retention begins with onboarding and training, but onboarding standards for the health services industry — including senior living — don’t look great, according to industry experts.
Improving workplace can lower assisted living nurse turnover rates, decrease burnout
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Aug 20, 2024
Understanding the factors that contribute to burnout among assisted living nurses can drive interventions to ease high turnover rates, according to an expert in the field.
Senior living construction booms 11 percent, fueled by surging demand
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Aug 21, 2024
Senior living construction has surged 11% since last summer, with public sector projects outpacing the private sector in the first half of the year.
Business briefs, Aug. 16
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Aug 16, 2024
Texas adds pressure with lawsuit against nursing home staffing mandate ‘power grab’ … Unemployment claims drop by 7,000 week over week: BLS … ‘Alarming’ legal opinion could be ‘detrimental’...
Court cites Civil War-era statute in decision that could lead to lawsuits against companies that hire...
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Aug 14, 2024
A recent federal appeals court ruling could result in more discrimination lawsuits filed by US citizens against companies that hire holders of temporary visas, according to one attorney.
Key strategies for a happier senior care team
By
Richard Birke
Aug 01, 2024
Managing a diverse workforce in the challenging environment of long-term care requires a high degree of leadership skill. Residents’ and patients’ lives, and the quality of their lives, depend...
NLRB withdraws appeal of decision enjoining ‘joint employer’ rule
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jul 22, 2024
The National Labor Relations Board on Friday withdrew its appeal of a district court ruling that enjoined its “joint employer” final rule.
Infrastructure, data analytics popular tech investments among long-term care providers
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jul 26, 2024
Infrastructure for internet connectivity was the most common technology investment made over the past year by long-term care operators responding to a new survey, and data analytics tools were the most...
Learn about staffing, AI solutions from industry experts June 27 at free virtual event
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jun 21, 2024
Join McKnight’s for a complimentary “Meeting of the Minds” virtual event on Thursday, June 27, to hear the latest news and information about staffing and artificial intelligence from industry experts.
14 states will share ways to expand direct care workforce
By
Lois A. Bowers
May 07, 2024
Fourteen states have been selected to participate in a program through which they can share information about proven models for expanding the direct care workforce.