Caregiver pay in the balance as advocacy groups size up proposed spending requirements
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jul 17, 2023
As assisted living provider advocacy groups try to influence federal home- and community-based services-related policy, their comments are joined by thousands of others, some in agreement with industry...
30 percent federal funding cut jeopardizes senior living workforce programs, provider group says
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jul 17, 2023
A proposed funding cut of almost 30% for the Department of Labor could jeopardize senior living workforce training programs being launched in several states, according to Argentum.
A certifiable way to improve your reputation
By
John O'Connor
Jul 13, 2023
Wouldn’t it be in the industry’s best interest to police itself? Maybe yes, maybe no.
Organizational culture key to building a senior living ‘dream team’
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jul 12, 2023
The Great Resignation has turned into the Great Opportunity to build a “dream team” for senior living providers that focus on organizational culture, according to workforce solutions experts.
Proposed federal quality measures could exacerbate providers’ financial woes, groups warn
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jul 07, 2023
Quality measures that are part of a proposed rule from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services have the potential to burden assisted living providers financially and administratively, industry advocates...
CMS’ spending requirement in HCBS rule ‘not the right approach,’ senior living advocates say
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jul 06, 2023
A proposal that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services says is meant to “support and stabilize the direct care workforce” in home- and community-based settings, if it becomes final, ultimately...
Maintaining positive culture can go a long way in era of increasing union activity, experts say
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
May 17, 2023
Union organizing is gaining momentum and could be coming to a senior living community near you, according to legal experts.
Knowledge transfer must improve for senior living’s full potential to be realized
By
Scott Eckstein
May 15, 2023
The senior living industry has a phenomenal gap in the transfer of knowledge from one generation of leaders to the next, and it leads to failings and poor management. We need to do better.
Tech, healthcare as value proposition among silver linings of pandemic for senior living, executives...
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
May 11, 2023
The pandemic upended the senior living business model, but it wasn’t all bad, according to a panel of executives at the 2023 Argentum Senior Living Executive Conference this week.
A new and needed direction for senior living
By
John O'Connor
May 11, 2023
Argentum’s president and CEO wants to do something that runs against conventional wisdom. It also happens to be brilliant.