OSHA civil penalty amounts adjusted for 2024, effective today
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jan 16, 2024
Changes to Occupational Safety and Health Administration civil penalty amounts based on cost-of-living adjustments for 2024 went into effect today.
$1.6 million grant will help older workers train for CNA, other healthcare roles
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Oct 11, 2023
The National Council on Aging has received a $1.6 million AmeriCorps Seniors grant to test a program to train adults aged 55 or more years to become certified nurse assistants, electrocardiogram technicians...
Assisted living? No thank you, investors and developers say
By
Lois A. Bowers
Feb 27, 2024
Assisted living communities saw the largest decrease in interest from 2023 to 2024 of all property types included in the 2024 CBRE US Healthcare Capital Markets’ Investor & Developer Survey.
Justice Department, FTC update merger guidelines
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Dec 20, 2023
New guidelines released Monday by the Justice Department and the Federal Trade Commission outline factors and frameworks that the agencies will evaluate when reviewing mergers and acquisitions.
20 percent of 50+ Americans lack retirement savings: AARP
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Apr 26, 2024
Twenty percent of Americans aged 50 or more years have no retirement savings, and more than 50% worry they will not have enough money to support themselves in retirement. That’s according to a recent...
Contract CNA staffing associated with worse care quality outcomes: study
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 01, 2024
Nursing homes that use contract staffing to fill certified nursing assistant position vacancies are more likely to experience worse care quality than those that do not, according to the results of a study...
Experts share ways to maximize organizational investment in training
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Oct 31, 2023
Long-term care leaders and managers have “superpowers” that can improve their organizations’ return on investment in corporate training, according to experts speaking at a recent webinar sponsored...
Health/education sector adds 17,000 jobs in January
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Feb 01, 2024
The health/education sector added 17,000 jobs in January, and median pay increased 5.9% for people who stayed in jobs in the sector, according to the ADP National Employment Report, released Wednesday.
Operator faces nearly $1M in damages for alleged racketeering
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Oct 16, 2023
A group of nursing home residents and their families asked the 11th Circuit Court earlier this month to revive a 2018 class action suit accusing the operator of several skilled nursing facilities in Florida...
Court approves $63 million plan for LCS to buy debt-ridden CCRC
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jan 04, 2024
A New York continuing care retirement / life plan community has been approved for sale to Life Care Services for $63 million after it had filed for bankruptcy protection for the third time in nine years...