Cocktail lounge attendant? Eclectic mix of people filling heretofore unheard-of senior living positions
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jun 29, 2022
“Cocktail lounge attendant” isn’t the sort of job one often sees for a senior living community, but Atria Senior Living’s Coterie Cathedral Hill is not a typical senior living community. The San...
$25 million grant will boost long-term care workforce pipeline in California
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jun 28, 2022
LeadingAge California will use a $25 million grant from the California Health and Human Services Department to help expand the association’s efforts to bolster the long-term care workforce pipeline via...
New ‘pod’-like personal care home brings small-house model to senior living — with one big difference
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 24, 2022
A Pennsylvania operator is bringing the small-house concept popular with nursing homes to senior living.
Wellness programming and creating an age-friendly culture in the workplace are keys to recruiting and retaining older employees, according to a Mather Institute survey of 232 senior living employees aged...
12 tips for recruiting and retaining staff members
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Lois A. Bowers
Mar 28, 2022
At what National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care President and CEO Brian Jurutka said was “probably the most important session” at the group’s Spring Conference, four speakers shared...
Senior living industry ripe for inventory growth: forecast
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Feb 23, 2022
The senior living sector could see a robust uptick in inventory growth within four years, according to Sally Heffernan, senior vice president at Plante Moran Living Forward , the senior living development...
Business briefs, Jan. 5
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jan 05, 2022
Senior living occupancy recovery may stretch into 2023 — or 2028, leaders say … Manhattan DA declines to charge Cuomo for COVID-19 nursing home deaths … Florida bill would allow family to visit...
Only 24 percent of U.S. workers ‘very confident’ about retirement security, study finds
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Dec 01, 2021
Retirement confidence varies across demographic segments, but overall, just 24% of U.S. workers are “very confident” that they will be able to maintain a comfortable lifestyle in retirement, according...
Provider expands services into home care for residents, others
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Nov 18, 2021
Eden Prairie, MN-based American Baptist Homes of the Midwest is expanding into offering home care services for its residents as well as to other older adults looking to stay in their traditional homes...
Providers have tools to recognize, intervene in financial abuse of residents: speaker
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Oct 28, 2021
Assisted living and skilled nursing operators can prevent or stop the financial abuse of residents by recognizing red flags, developing policies and protocols, training staff members and using technology...