Industry mourns senior housing and care veteran Tony Mullen, NIC co-founder
By
Lois A. Bowers
Mar 14, 2018
Senior living industry leaders are remembering Anthony James “Tony” Mullen as a trailblazing, passionate advocate of seniors housing and care as well as a good friend. Mullen died Saturday...
‘Opportunities’ for job-seekers equal challenges for employers
By
Lois A. Bowers
Apr 17, 2023
Add a Department of Labor blog earlier this month to the efforts undertaken to attract more people to jobs in healthcare, including positions often found in senior living and other parts of long-term care....
LTC Properties ‘not sitting here waiting’ for Brookdale’s next move, CEO says
By
Lois A. Bowers
Oct 31, 2022
With Brookdale Senior Living’s lease with real estate investment trust LTC Properties up in 2023 and rumors swirling that the Brentwood, TN-based senior living operator is shopping for a buyer, the Westlake...
Improve job quality to improve staffing issues, report authors state
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Lois A. Bowers
Sep 06, 2016
Improving pay, benefits and working conditions in long-term care will be critical to attracting and keeping workers to meet demand in a tightening labor market, according to the Paraprofessional Healthcare...
CMS issues reg requiring COVID-19 vaccination for long-term care workers
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Lois A. Bowers
Nov 04, 2021
Long-term care and other healthcare facilities that participate in the Medicare and Medicaid programs must develop COVID-19 vaccination policies for their workers by Dec. 5, and all eligible workers must...
Affordable housing advocates ‘thrilled’ with omnibus provisions
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Lois A. Bowers
May 01, 2017
An omnibus spending act released Monday by lawmakers “sends a clear message that keeping HUD-assisted homes online is as much as a priority for Congress as it is for the 1.7 million older adult households...
Employees will benefit from bike-sharing program, Atria hopes
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jul 05, 2017
Atria Senior Living is one of 10 companies sponsoring a new bicycle-sharing program in its headquarters city of Louisville, KY, and the city’s mayor says that the program will play an important role...
Senior living needs ‘substantial and immediate financial relief’ from COVID-19, leaders tell federal...
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jul 21, 2020
Senior living operators require “substantial and immediate financial relief” from expenses related to the COVID-19 pandemic, the leaders of four major associations representing operators of independent...
Way to grow! NIC will focus on key issues
By
Lois A. Bowers
Sep 26, 2017
The National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care’s new CEO, Brian Jurutka, lays out the organization’s plans for the future in this exclusive interview.
22 operators on new ‘Best Workplaces’ list celebrated by senior living organizations
By
Lois A. Bowers
Sep 28, 2018
Twenty-two of the 40 senior living and care operators named to Fortune’s first-ever “Best Workplaces for Aging Services” list, released Thursday, are especially active in senior living as evidenced...