The long-term care industry is recovering from pandemic-related staffing shortages, but challenges remain. A new report from human resources, payroll and benefits outsourcing services company Paychex offers...
‘Long COVID’ could mean insurance cost increases for employers
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Aug 12, 2022
More than two years into adjusting to the “new normal” brought on by COVID-19, employers now are faced with navigating the reality of “long COVID,” a wide range of ongoing health problems that...
Boosting employee morale helps recruitment, retention efforts, history shows
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Aug 11, 2022
Long-term care providers have been faced with staggering staffing challenges since the onset of the pandemic in the United States in early 2020, but history demonstrates that this isn’t the first time...
$3.6 million program seeks to address nursing shortage
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Aug 10, 2022
titioners and nurse scientists in nursing homes, hospitals, schools and other settings.
As long-term care job vacancies approach 30 percent, report suggests solutions
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Aug 08, 2022
As workforce vacancies near 30% among Wisconsin long-term care operators, a new report from a coalition of provider organizations recommends funding sustainability, certification flexibility and compassion...
Record entry fee sales driving Healthpeak’s CCRCs in second quarter
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Aug 04, 2022
Healthpeak Properties’ continuing care retirement community segment is seeing unprecedented entry fee collections, according to executives speaking during the Denver company’s second-quarter earnings...
Senior housing investment takes a ‘modest step back’
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jul 26, 2022
The economic recovery embraced by senior housing investors a year ago is still happening, but it has taken a “modest step back” in the face of increasing costs, inflation and interest rate hikes, Beth...
‘Clinic without walls’ for long-term care residents ‘one of many benefits’ of Good Samaritan–Sanford...
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jul 25, 2022
About a year after their affiliation was finalized, long-term care provider Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Society and healthcare system Sanford Health in Sioux Falls, SD, launched a program meant...
Employer faces ADA lawsuit even though it has no proof that employee has medical condition
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jul 22, 2022
A Pennsylvania long-term care provider is facing a lawsuit under the Americans with Disabilities Act even though the plaintiff, a fired employee, may not have a qualifying medical condition.
Senior living community rebrands to attract middle-income older adults, adds nursing care
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jul 21, 2022
A Westland, MI, senior living community that was slated to close last year has found new life with rebranding meant to attract interest from middle-income older adults.