Court will review lower court decision on class action CCRC refunds … Nursing home agrees to $400K discrimination settlement as new pregnancy fairness rule looms … Watermark opens Austin, TX-area community...
LCS in rare company as ‘Exceptional Workplace’
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Apr 05, 2023
Des Moines, IA-based Life Care Services is one of just 57 employers nationwide and the only senior living company to earn a 2023 Gallup Exceptional Workplace Award, the company announced last week. This...
Caregivers more financially burdened, less prepared for large emergency expenses
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Dec 19, 2023
Caregivers are more likely to be burdened by finances and less likely to be prepared than noncaregivers for large emergency expenses, according to data from the Employee Benefit Research Institute.
Business briefs, Aug. 24
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Aug 24, 2023
Access to care crisis growing within skilled nursing sector: AHCA … Game-filled events organized to combat older adult loneliness … State regulators step in to evaluate Charlotte, NC, CCRCs solvency...
Business briefs, Oct. 6
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Oct 06, 2023
Senior living occupancy could reach pre-pandemic levels next year: NIC … Operators plan lower fee increases despite costs that remain elevated … New Supreme Court term has major implications for long-term...
Business briefs, Nov. 17
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Nov 17, 2022
Brookdale Senior Living begins $125M public offering of tangible equity units … Brookdale, Enlivant, LCS tops in JD Power 2022 Senior Living Satisfaction Study … Fitch Ratings revises outlook on Ashland...
Minimum wage hikes have mixed results on workforce: poll
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jul 16, 2024
Increases in minimum wage also can be good for more highly paid workers, according to the results of an Express Employment Professionals-Harris Poll survey released Wednesday.
Employer-based treatment programs could reduce absenteeism, be ‘powerful ally’ against substance...
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Dec 07, 2022
ho use opioids and other substances are more likely to miss work. Employers that promote employee treatment programs are able to reduce absenteeism, according to a recent Boston University study.
Staffing more challenging for nursing homes in socioeconomically deprived areas, study finds
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Apr 13, 2023
Nursing homes in neighborhoods experiencing socioeconomic deprivation could find it challenging to sufficiently staff their facilities, according to a recent study published in the Journal of the American...
NLRA doesn’t shield strikers who don’t take ‘reasonable precautions’ to protect employer’s...
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jun 02, 2023
Labor unions cannot use provisions of the National Labor Relations Act to try to shield themselves from taking “reasonable precautions” to protect an employer’s property from damage caused by a sudden...