Long-term care operator transitions TNAs to CNAs in ‘Grand’ style
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jun 29, 2022
The Valley Stream, NY-based Grand Healthcare nursing and rehabilitation system recently graduated 85 home-grown certified nursing assistant students through its in-house training program.
Mortality, hospice use rates differ in assisted living communities depending on whether memory care is...
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 04, 2024
Assisted living communities that provide memory care services may attract residents closer to the end of life or promote hospice use at the end of life compared with assisted living communities without...
Providing value an important tool in workforce recruitment efforts: speaker
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jun 22, 2021
Senior living operators — and long-term care in general — are not alone in their struggles to recruit and retain workers. But there are ways for employers in aging services to offer value outside of...
StoryPoint Group tops list of 375 communities named 2024 ‘Caring Stars’
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Nov 16, 2023
After a steady climb over the past several years, StoryPoint Group has captured the top spot on the Caring Stars 2024 list of the best senior living communities and home care agencies in the nation. The...
Alzheimer’s Association’s new ‘Superhub’ can help providers launch dementia care training programs
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
May 23, 2024
Senior living and other long-term care providers looking to launch their own dementia care training programs now can turn to the Alzheimer’s Association, which was just named the world’s first Project...
‘We’ve got to stay vigilant’: Argentum CEO discusses importance of policymaker, consumer education
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Lois A. Bowers
Sep 20, 2021
Educating policymakers and consumers can help the senior living industry keep regulation at the state level and ensure that prospective residents and their families understand the benefits of senior living,...
Affordable living sprinkled with a beach view could be target for prospective residents
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Sep 19, 2022
Looking to attract older adults on a budget? GOBankingRates recently provided several options where prospective residents might be looking to spend their retirement years.
Oldest boomers aren’t looking for their parents’ senior living: panels
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Sep 19, 2022
WASHINGTON, DC — Senior living providers looking to entice tomorrow’s residents should forget about John Wayne and Bing Crosby and think about Pink and Madonna instead.
Long-term care ‘full bore ahead’ on DEIB initiatives
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 15, 2023
Corporate diversity pledges have fallen off at some companies amid layoffs, according to media reports, but long-term care is “full bore ahead on [diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging],” a representative...
Provider stories are antidote to criticism of industry, AHCA/NCAL CEO Parkinson says
By
Lois A. Bowers
Oct 15, 2019
Positive provider stories are the antidote to the criticism that the long-term care industry continues to hear from lawmakers and others despite making great strides in measures of quality, American Health...