Immigration policy reforms would address long-term care worker shortage, provider group says
By
Lois A. Bowers
Dec 06, 2019
Immigration must be part of the solution to address the shortage of paid caregivers and other long-term care workers in the United States, according to policy recommendations formally released Thursday...
Senate Judiciary chair seeks answers about alleged fraud by senior living developer
By
Lois A. Bowers
Apr 27, 2017
Sen. Chuck Grassley has asked Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly to provide extensive information about a California senior living community developer alleged to have obtained visas for some fugitives...
Immigration reform on advocacy agenda for 2019
By
Lois A. Bowers
Oct 31, 2018
Expect immigration reform — a potential workforce solution — and the skilled nursing survey process to be two of the issues on LeadingAge’s advocacy agenda for 2019, LeadingAge Board Chairman Stephen...
Brent Weil is definitely up to the job
By
Lois A. Bowers
May 14, 2018
The new vice president of workforce development at Argentum is tackling the field’s biggest challenge. Read our exclusive interview with him.
Assisted living will need to fill 1.2 million direct care jobs over next decade: report
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Lois A. Bowers
Jan 22, 2020
Residential care settings such as assisted living communities will need to fill more than 1.2 million direct care jobs over the next decade, including new jobs and positions that become available as existing...
LeadingAge issues ‘call to action’ to public to prevent more COVID-19 deaths
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Nov 24, 2020
With older adults “living at ground zero of the pandemic,” LeadingAge President and CEO Katie Smith Sloan has issued a “call to action” to prevent more loss of life.
Staffing, drugs, bullies top senior living challenges
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James M. Berklan
Oct 09, 2018
Senior living operators and association officials discussed major trends facing operators Monday at the American Health Care Association / National Center for Assisted Living convention, and it didn’t...
Long-term care leaders return to basics, employ innovation to grow direct care staff
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Kimberly Marselas
May 20, 2024
Facing the reality that most new nurses don’t choose to enter geriatrics, senior living and skilled nursing leaders both are going back to the basics and seizing on innovation to expand their direct...
Nursing home staffing mandate puts assisted living communities at risk of losing workers, experts say
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Sep 06, 2023
Assisted living communities are at risk of losing staff members following the first-ever proposed federal staffing mandate for nursing homes, released Friday, according to senior living experts.
Feds raid office of purported senior living developer, allege fraud
By
Lois A. Bowers
Apr 06, 2017
The FBI and Department of Homeland Security raided the offices of a purported senior living community developer on Wednesday, alleging a multimillion dollar scheme to defraud the federal government through...