With 100 percent employee raises and vax rate, provider creates custom plan to keep, promote staff
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Nov 15, 2021
As senior living communities struggle to recruit and retain competent staff members amid a historical workforce shortage, a Pittsburgh-based provider is using a professional development program to provide...
Assisted living ‘desperate,’ hit worst by workforce crisis: AHCA / NCAL
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Nov 11, 2021
Assisted living communities are experiencing a worse labor crisis than any other healthcare sector, according to a new report from the American Health Care Association / National Center for Assisted Living.
Federal COVID-19 vaccination, testing mandates have pros, cons, experts say
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Nov 05, 2021
Although generally supportive of federal COVID-19 vaccine mandates for members of its workforce, senior living leaders are concerned about the effects on its workforce.
Labor, rate pressures challenge recovery of senior living industry
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Nov 05, 2021
The recovery of the senior living industry will continue to be uneven in the face of a challenging labor market and wage pressures, as well as competition driving rates down, according to industry experts.
Senior living operators ‘incredibly agile and dedicated’ during COVID-19 pandemic: study
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Oct 29, 2021
Senior living and care providers have been “incredibly agile and dedicated” during the pandemic, working 24 / 7 to keep residents safe, researchers concluded after interviews with operators about their...
‘We’re in the love business’: New LeadingAge board chair
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Oct 27, 2021
ATLANTA — With a theme of hope for the day, LeadingAge installed its new chair of the Board of Directors, Mike King, during Tuesday’s keynote session at its Annual Meeting + Expo.
Move-ins, operating margins increase for senior living operators: NIC survey
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Oct 15, 2021
Senior living move-ins accelerated in the past 30 days due to increased demand, leading to an expectation of an increase in operating margins on the horizon, according to the results of the latest NIC...
61 percent of assisted living operators say workforce issues might force them to close
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Sep 23, 2021
Sixty-one percent of assisted living operators responding to a recent survey by the American Health Care Association / National Center for Assisted Living said they fear that workforce issues will force...
CCRCs challenged by caregiver turnover, but nursing homes have it worse: report
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Sep 22, 2021
Turnover rates for certified nursing assistants, licensed practical nurses and registered nurses in continuing care retirement communities have reached their highest points over the past decade in 2021,...
Senior living communities adopt regional approach to staff COVID-19 vaccine mandates
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Sep 20, 2021
Eight Lancaster, PA, senior living communities have banded together in announcing a COVID-19 staff vaccination requirement in the “best interest of everyone in our individual communities, as well as...