Quitters never win? Your staff might beg to disagree
By
John O'Connor
Jul 12, 2018
What do the latest numbers from the Labor Department mean for you as a senior living operator? Perhaps the least painful answer is that this is a time of challenge and opportunity.
A subtle staffing challenge that can undermine your senior living organization
By
John O'Connor
Jul 05, 2018
You might want to consider keeping your trustworthy workers as far away as possible from those with bad intent.
Senior living operators continue to make costly decisions
By
John O'Connor
Oct 18, 2018
Going forward, the great unmet need for senior living is not going to be among people who can afford to keep paying more.
Home care: Senior living’s frenemy?
By
John O'Connor
Jun 10, 2021
These days, more operators are wondering whether home care is likely to become a friend or foe. Here’s the answer.
Some vintage advice for your married residents
By
John O'Connor
Jul 21, 2016
How can you help keep the married couples in your community as content as possible? One answer might be found in a surprising place.
Maybe federal rules wouldn’t be so bad
By
John O'Connor
Nov 19, 2015
The choice and autonomy afforded by state regulation, or standardization made possible by federal oversight. What’s best for assisted living operators, especially those that do business in several...
Beware the healthcare-industrial complex?
By
John O'Connor
Jan 05, 2023
At the risk of biting the hand that feeds me, maybe we should also ask about the inherent dangers in a growing healthcare-industrial complex?
Welcome to the Age of Misalignment
By
John O'Connor
Feb 04, 2016
If we are to make any judgment about America’s current supply of senior living stock, it is this: Things are seriously out of whack.
Senior living operators better brace for new labor pains
By
John O'Connor
Feb 11, 2021
An undeniable consequence of the November elections is that Democrats now rule the roost in Washington. And it appears that one of their first orders of business is to rebalance labor relations — and...
Senior living needs to repair its reputation
By
John O'Connor
Aug 27, 2020
Sadly, senior living’s reputation these days often is less than stellar. And if we are going to be clear-eyed, the pandemic hardly started the trouble.