Provider launches retention initiative to counter ‘Great Resignation’
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Apr 14, 2022
Facing the same staffing challenges seen by long-term care providers and others around the country, Arlington Heights, IL-based Lutheran Life Communities has launched a “Great Retention Initiative”...
EEOC: Employers must accommodate religious objections to COVID vaccine mandates
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Oct 27, 2021
Employers with COVID-19 vaccine mandates must accommodate workers’ “sincerely held religious beliefs, practices and observances” against such requirements unless doing so would create an “undue...
To attract older workers, clean up your language
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jan 30, 2023
Research by Preply suggests that if you want to attract older workers, you may need to clean up the language you use in your job postings.
RN most-needed worker, Brookdale in search of most workers, analysis finds
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jul 02, 2018
Registered nurse is the most sought-after worker by employers so far this year, and Brookdale Senior Living tops the list of employers looking for workers in general, according to an employment website...
Making sure essential on-site work survives in a shiny new remote work world
By
Mark DiMassimo
Apr 13, 2023
The switch to hybrid work has put a new kind of pressure on employers that appropriately require on-site work.
Internal candidates have edge in leadership transitions: Ziegler
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Apr 04, 2022
Among organizations on the LeadingAge Ziegler 200 list, almost 70 have had a turnover in the CEO role since 2015. Such transitions take careful planning, and for most C-suite positions, internal candidates...
New Jersey joins other states in lifting pandemic-related requirements for assisted living
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jun 16, 2023
COVID-19 vaccination requirements for assisted living and healthcare employees have been lifted in New Jersey following recent changes to federal requirements surrounding the pandemic.
COVID-19 vaccine now a condition of employment for some senior living operators
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jan 12, 2021
Some senior living operators are moving to make a COVID-19 vaccination a condition of employment to more quickly mitigate the effect of the virus in their communities.
Launching a new community
By
Lori Alford
Nov 14, 2016
Opening a new senior living community can present many unique challenges, but in my 25-plus years of experience, I have found that two actions are crucial.
Senior living marketing agency Attane abruptly closes, a victim of industry’s slow pandemic rebound
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jul 27, 2023
Kansas City, MO, senior living marketing agency Attane on Monday unexpectedly announced its immediate closure, an apparent victim of the COVID-19 pandemic. The news leaves approximately 100 employees looking...