‘Profound’ financial, workforce challenges persist for senior living providers as 2024 begins
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jan 02, 2024
Senior living operators will continue to face inflationary pressures and capital market challenges in 2024, but some effects may lessen before the year is out, according to senior living industry experts....
Temporary staffing agencies thrust more into crosshairs amid workforce crisis
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Feb 28, 2023
A bill recently introduced in Oregon would make temporary staffing agencies more transparent and affordable, senior living advocates say.
Senior living providers advised to ‘carefully evaluate’ employee classifications in light of new...
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jan 10, 2024
A large national trade group advocating for senior living and other long-term care providers is urging its members to “carefully evaluate their existing classifications” of workers following the Tuesday...
Senior living leaders named to ‘top lobbyists’ list
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Dec 08, 2022
Representatives from trade associations representing the senior living field have been named to The Hill’s ‘Top Lobbyists 2022” list, published Wednesday.
How a senior living provider freed up employees to pursue their passions
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jun 08, 2023
A few years ago, United Methodist Communities embarked on a digital transformation to improve productivity, drive innovation and improve resident and employee experiences.
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.
Series on long-term care affordability, staffing, equity a ‘wake-up call,’ industry advocate says
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
May 28, 2024
A special report published last week by CNHI News and the Associated Press that focused on several “issues and complications” in assisted living and other forms of long-term care is a “wake-up call...
OSHA workplace violence rule shouldn’t be ‘one-size-fits-all’ or duplicate existing requirements,...
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 13, 2023
Advocates for senior living and other aging services providers are asking the federal government to grant providers flexibility and not duplicate existing requirements as a potential federal workplace...
Pandemic drives technology uptake in senior living communities
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Nov 14, 2022
The pandemic not only sped up the adoption of technology in the senior living and care field; it also opened the door to a variety of new technologies that one expert said are here to stay.
Organizations looking at mergers, affiliations must ‘get their house in order’
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Nov 06, 2023
CHICAGO — With increased state attorneys general scrutiny of business transactions, aging services providers would be best served by “getting their house in order” before contemplating a merger,...