It’s no secret that recruiting and retaining employees is the biggest challenge facing senior living and long-term care operators. Sometimes it takes some creativity to stand out to current and prospective...
Providers seek $450 million from PA stimulus funds to cover pandemic costs
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
May 26, 2021
Senior living associations in Pennsylvania are lobbying legislators for $54 million for assisted living and personal care providers from the American Rescue Plan stimulus funding to the state. The ask...
Labor market stabilization, operator efforts ease senior living workforce challenges
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Oct 26, 2023
Vacancies are down, and caregiver staffing is beginning to stabilize in senior living communities, according to new data on wage growth for certified nursing assistants, licensed practical nurses and registered...
70 percent of assisted living providers still report significant or severe workforce shortage
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Mar 16, 2023
Seventy percent of assisted living providers responding to a newly released LeadingAge workforce poll said they still are experiencing a significant or severe workforce shortage.
CEOs worried about inflation, recession, yet most are unprepared: study
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jan 18, 2024
CEOs in the United States and elsewhere are concerned about economic pressures, yet just 37% are prepared for an increase in inflation, and only 34% are prepared for a recession. That’s according to...
Senior living execs pique student interest as Granger Cobb Institute pilots Corporate Scholars program
By
Lois A. Bowers
Oct 24, 2022
Executives from Aegis Living, Merrill Gardens and Murano Senior Living are piquing interest in the senior living industry among Washington State University students participating in a new Corporate Scholars...
COVID relief package needs to address pandemic ‘dangers’ to older adults, provider group says
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Feb 16, 2021
LeadingAge is stepping up calls on Congress to adopt a COVID relief package addressing the dangers that the pandemic poses to senior living residents and other older adults.
Almost a third of nation’s workforce earns less than $15 an hour, research shows
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 25, 2022
New research from Boston-based Oxfam America indicates that 51.9 million workers, 31.9% of the nation’s workforce, earn less than $15 an hour.
Long-term care workforce challenges remain at ‘crisis’ level
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Feb 11, 2022
Federal jobs data show that workforce challenges in the long-term care industry remain at a ‘crisis’ level, according to the industry.
State vaccine mandates continue to vex home care agencies
By
Diane Eastabrook
Oct 07, 2021
COVID-19 vaccine mandates in two states are giving home care agencies massive headaches.