Mather scores matching funds for workforce development program
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Feb 15, 2023
Provider Mather has received matching funds of $58,100 from the city of Evanston, IL, to support eMerge, the organization’s workforce development program, which includes internship, fellowship, and scholarship...
Senior living and care advocates make ‘top lobbyists’ list
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Dec 08, 2022
Leaders from the American Health Care Association / National Center for Assisted Living, Argentum and LeadingAge have been named on The Hill’s “Top Lobbyists 2022” list, published Wednesday.
Federal judge blocks enforcement of noncompete final rule for some employers
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jul 09, 2024
A federal judge has issued a stay and preliminary injunction that will block enforcement of the Federal Trade Commission’s final rule on noncompete agreements for some employers.
Dwyer Workforce Development closes $590 million, 50-SNF deal
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Sep 22, 2022
The Baltimore-based Jack and Nancy Dwyer Workforce Development Center announced Wednesday the $590 million acquisition of a Texas-based 50-skilled-nursing-facility portfolio managed by Regency Integrated...
Fitch: Payroll rises at life plan communities, falls at assisted living communities
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Dec 14, 2022
Although payroll is growing at continuing care retirement / life plan communities, it is declining slightly at assisted living communities.
Staff vaccine rates climb to almost 100 percent at Atria, Holiday communities
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Oct 27, 2021
Louisville, KY-based Atria Senior Living and its recent acquisition, Winter Park, FL-based Holiday Retirement, have reached staff vaccine participation levels of almost 100% across a combined today of...
Federal interventions needed to support immigrants, a solution to workforce shortages: report
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Sep 28, 2023
Federal-level policy interventions, such as providing work authorizations and pathways to citizenship, are needed to better support immigrant direct care workers and address workforce shortages, according...
Smaller is better, says this senior living operator
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Apr 17, 2023
Bringing a smaller, home-like feel to assisted living and memory care has become a mission for Brandon Schwab, founder and CEO of Crystal Lake, IL-based Shepherd Premier Senior Living, the operating company...
Workers at 12 western New York SNFs set to strike over wages
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jul 06, 2022
Approximately 1,200 workers at 12 western New York state not-for-profit skilled nursing facilities are planning to follow through with threats to strike later this month if their wage demands are not met.
Good Sam, Ebenezer parents’ merger delayed again
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Apr 05, 2023
A planned merger between the parent organizations of the Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Society and Ebenezer Senior Living, which has been facing challenges since January, now has been delayed further.