Assisted living facility owner arrested for sexual assault of employee
By
Lois A. Bowers
May 30, 2017
The owner of a Florida assisted living community was arrested Thursday after an employee said the man sexually assaulted her at work.
Elder care workers in spotlight at Golden Globes
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jan 08, 2018
Advocates for professional caregivers and senior living shared the spotlight with members of the Hollywood elite at Sunday night’s Golden Globe Awards, where eight actresses walked the red carpet...
HUD Lean program closes $3.4 billion in loans, up 20% over 2016
By
Lois A. Bowers
Oct 19, 2017
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Lean mortgage insurance program, which finances seniors housing properties, closed $3.4 billion in loan volume and a total of 310 loans in the...
OnShift acquires talent acquisition software provider Avesta Systems
Feb 12, 2020
Cleveland-based human capital management technology company OnShift has acquired Hudson, OH-based Avesta Systems, a provider of talent acquisition software and services meant to streamline recruiting and...
Be ready as OSHA vows to ‘hold businesses accountable’ after Supreme Court halts COVID vaccine mandate
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jan 18, 2022
Breathing a sigh of relief after Thursday’s Supreme Court stay of a federal COVID-19 vaccine mandate for large employers? Not so fast, legal experts say.
Labor Department proposes rule to help employers calculate overtime pay rates
By
Lois A. Bowers
Mar 29, 2019
The Department of Labor announced a proposed rule Thursday that it said will clarify the amounts that employers should include and exclude when they calculate overtime pay rates for employees working more...
Resident suspected in senior living fire and shooting dies
By
Lois A. Bowers
Aug 14, 2018
A man accused of killing a firefighter and injuring two other people in the California senior living building in which he lived has died.
12 tips for recruiting and retaining staff members
By
Lois A. Bowers
Mar 28, 2022
At what National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care President and CEO Brian Jurutka said was “probably the most important session” at the group’s Spring Conference, four speakers shared...
No side of COVID with my turkey
By
Lois A. Bowers
Nov 16, 2020
I’ll make my mother’s dressing recipe, a family favorite, and the rest of the meal, for two instead of 20, and at some point during the day, I hope to join my siblings and their families for a video...
Age is not just a number
By
Lois A. Bowers
Nov 12, 2018
Until we as individuals and as a society view age and aging more positively, one can’t blame a man for asking a court to make him legally younger.