Two events that occurred in the past week are helping to ensure that staffing issues remain a top challenge for the senior living industry.
Why senior living career opportunities are growing
By
Scott Monson
May 23, 2022
The career opportunities that are available in the senior living industry continue to grow within hundreds of communities, and the field is drawing tremendous interest from people that will enable owners,...
Senior living communities must foster connection and engagement
By
Michele Holleran, Ph.D., MBA
Dec 03, 2018
Senior living communities are succeeding with the connection dimension but still have work to do on the engagement side of the spectrum.
Senior care and comfort extends into maintenance
By
Josh Malbogat
Aug 07, 2015
We are in the midst of a senior living housing boom, and maintenance has a big role in the success and growth of these communities.
Today’s senior living blends hospitality with residential care
By
Colin Marshall
Mar 16, 2020
Senior living management companies need to be responsive and agile to adapt to the ever-changing demands of the market. What does this mean when you have an existing community that needs retrofitting so...
Ignore these labor developments at your own risk
By
John O'Connor
Jun 18, 2020
Senior living operators would be well advised to heed two recent developments on the labor-relations front. One is a landmark ruling; the other is a sleeper settlement.
Outlook for senior living in 2021
By
Cary Tremper
Jan 14, 2021
Senior living still is an attractive space, one that can only get better as we show that we came out of the pandemic stronger than we were going into it.
Effects of Supreme Court ruling on OSHA mandate linger
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jan 24, 2022
Regardless of how anyone personally feels about the vaccination-and-testing emergency temporary standard recently stayed by the U.S. Supreme Court, its effects, and the effects of the High Court ruling,...
Supporting safe aging in place: The growing mPERS market
By
Tim Smokoff
Jun 09, 2016
Older adults who age in place can be comfortable in familiar surroundings and may save money. But what happens in an emergency, or if they fall?
Active Aging Week 2015: Living the adventure of life
By
Colin Milner
Sep 28, 2015
Celebrating aging and older adults, this health-promotion campaign exhorts event hosts and participants to emphasize adventure as part of daily life.