Safeguarding senior living: Avoid 3 key mistakes in employee screenings
By
Jeff Ernste
Jan 11, 2024
As disconcerting as the stakes may be, properly carrying out background checks is a necessary and ultimately rewarding effort.
It’s not just residents at risk of being lonely and isolated
By
Lois A. Bowers
Aug 13, 2018
Much has been written about the benefits that senior living communities can offer older adults who may be at risk of loneliness and isolation. A recent national survey puts more data behind the argument,...
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Mainscape founder secretly assisted feds with American Senior Communities probe … First U.S. ‘Dementia Village’ recreates a happier time … Baltimore jury awards $2 million in senior...
State regulations on training, staffing levels affect end-of-life care quality: study
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jun 07, 2023
More specific direct care worker training requirements in assisted living communities may help decrease the number of end-of-life care transitions, and more explicit staffing regulations may increase those...
2 federal bills look to boost pipeline of healthcare workers
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Apr 12, 2024
Bills introduced in both houses of Congress may bolster the healthcare workforce if they become law.
So you think your workers are happy, do you?
By
John O'Connor
Apr 13, 2023
The arguably second biggest labor problem in senior living: more workers soon may want to unionize.
10 top cities for registered nurses
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jul 23, 2018
A new report may focus the job search for today’s RNs seeking work in senior living.
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May 09, 2017
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Look past differences to solve workforce challenges
By
Lois A. Bowers
Feb 19, 2019
Legal immigration is part of the solution to staffing challenges in senior living and other industries, according to numerous organizations representing provider and business interests. But a new lawsuit...