Many nursing home providers using sign-on bonuses to attract, retain workers
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Aug 02, 2022
With turnover up 25% this year compared with last year, many nursing home providers are using sign-on bonuses to attract and retain workers, according to survey results shared as part of the 45th annual...
California’s ‘Master Plan for Aging’ offers strategies for attracting home caregivers
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Joe Jancsurak
Feb 19, 2021
California’s Department of Aging recently released a 10-year “Master Plan for Aging.” The blueprint aims to guide state and local governments, the private sector and charitable organizations toward...
Proposed federal regulation aims to help workers keep track of retirement savings when they switch jobs
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jan 22, 2024
A new regulation proposed last week by the Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration aims to help workers keep track of their retirement savings accounts better and improve their...
Labor expert: Creativity, more than money, could attract workers to home care
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Diane Eastabrook
Jun 22, 2021
Home care agencies need to get creative and stand out from the crowd if they want to attract workers, according to Mark McInerney, director of Maine’s Center for Workforce Research and Information.
No country for old hiring practices
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John O'Connor
Jul 29, 2021
Recent news may be good for Walmart. But maybe it’s not so good for you.
How financial wellness can be a recruiting advantage for senior living operators
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Michelle Clark
Sep 26, 2019
The need for direct care workers never has been more urgent. That means pay needs to improve and benefits need to be rethought.
An expensive way to offer career advice
By
John O'Connor
Nov 07, 2019
Having a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day? John Saracino probably has you beat.
Worker shortage leads to move-in freezes, visitation limits at some long-term facilities
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jun 01, 2021
Pandemic burnout coupled with competition from government unemployment benefits are being linked to staffing shortages across the country. In long-term care, the employee shortage is a top concern after...
Senior living hourly wages outpace private sector, but competition for workers continues
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 24, 2024
Hourly wages in senior living communities have increased by 30.9% over the past five years, outpacing growth in the broader private sector by 6.5 percentage points. But the labor market remains “exceptionally...
Short-term staffing solutions at CCRCs include contingency workers, sign-on bonuses: survey
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jul 11, 2022
In response to the effects of COVID-19, one-third of continuing care retirement communities are using contingency workers and sign-on bonuses as short-term solutions to staffing shortages, according to...