$1.2 million nursing home quality initiative to be spearheaded by LeadingAge
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jun 15, 2022
LeadingAge will use a two-year, $1.2 million grant from the John A. Hartford Foundation to work to improve nursing home quality based on the recommendations of a recent national report, the foundation...
2023 will bring big changes in workplace law, experts predict
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jan 04, 2023
The new year will bring some big changes in workplace law, labor attorneys at Fisher Phillips predict.
Alwan leaves ‘gratifying’ experience at LeadingAge to start private consulting service
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Nov 14, 2022
After 15 years of full-time employment with LeadingAge, and several years of consulting before that, Majd Alwan, PhD, is branching out on his own.
Advocates urge governor to veto 3 ‘flawed’ bills penalizing use of overtime for nurses
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Oct 26, 2022
Long-term care advocacy organizations are urging New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) to veto three bills related to the use of mandatory nurse overtime in nursing homes and home care agencies.
Rockwood, Doyenne JV to invest $100M in senior living communities
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jan 18, 2023
A joint venture between New York-based Rockwood Capital and Chicago-based Doyenne Healthcare Capital will invest $100 million in equity into senior housing communities across the country, the companies...
Kisco Senior Living rolls out enhanced benefits for full-time employees
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Feb 24, 2022
Carlsbad, CA-based Kisco Senior Living rolled out additional benefits for its full-time employees Jan. 2.
NLRB case could lead to total ban on ‘captive audience’ meetings
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Oct 17, 2023
A case pending before the National Labor Relations board “has the potential to significantly impact the rights of employers and employees in unionization campaigns,” the National Law Review reported.
New leadership training program’s first class begins
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 16, 2023
Several long-term care and healthcare employers are collaborating with the Health Career Lab of Louisville, KY, to create “a leadership training program focused on empowering tomorrow’s healthcare...
Acts Retirement-Life, Mease Life consider affiliation
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Apr 06, 2023
Fort Washington, PA-based Acts Retirement–Life Communities and Mease Life of Dunedin, FL, have signed a letter of intent to explore a possible affiliation. A due diligence review has begun, and the companies...
Age rarely used as DEI marker, studies find
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Sep 09, 2022
As companies strive to hire a diverse mix of employees based on gender, racial background and culture, one marker is starkly missing in most diversity, inclusion and equity statements, according to research...