New law creates oversight of staffing agencies but doesn’t protect against ‘price-gouging’
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Nov 07, 2022
A new law in Pennsylvania will create oversight and accountability for long-term care staffing agencies, but it does not address the rates they charge.
Staffing remains top challenge for senior living operators: NIC
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Dec 17, 2021
Staffing shortages continue to plague senior living and other long-term care operators, with attracting community and caregiving staff remaining a “significant challenge,” along with increasing turnover,...
Raises from coast to coast: hourly minimum wage reaches or surpasses $15 in 2021
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jan 06, 2021
Twenty states and 32 cities and counties increased their minimum wage as of Jan. 1, with 27 of these jurisdictions reaching or exceeding $15 an hour, according to the National Employment Law Project.
‘Rich opportunities, daunting challenges’ ahead for senior living: report
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Feb 08, 2024
2024 will bring both “rich opportunities” and “daunting challenges” as senior living takes “two steps forward and one back,” according to a new Argentum industry forecast report.
‘Profound’ financial, workforce challenges persist for senior living providers as 2024 begins
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Lois A. Bowers
Jan 02, 2024
Senior living operators will continue to face inflationary pressures and capital market challenges in 2024, but some effects may lessen before the year is out, according to senior living industry experts....
Geriatric workforce issues focus of two bills passed by the House
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Lois A. Bowers
Oct 29, 2019
Bills that would reauthorize the Older Americans Act and improve improve education and training in geriatrics passed in the House of Representatives on Monday. They now move to the Senate for consideration.
Pennsylvania budget delivers ‘lifeline’ of $46.7 million to assisted living providers
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jul 12, 2022
Pennsylvania is delivering an “immediate lifeline” to assisted living and other long-term care providers with a $515 million “historical commitment” to the sectors, according to industry advocates....
‘This is what we have been waiting for’: Ventas CEO
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Nov 07, 2022
Reporting sustained — and accelerating — growth in the real estate investment trust’s senior housing business, Ventas Chairman and CEO Debra Cafaro said Friday during a third-quarter earnings call...
Student loan repayment program latest recruitment tool being tested by provider
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jan 22, 2024
A new student loan repayment program — with no lifetime cap — is being used by one senior living provider as a recruitment tool for clinical staff members who have daunting school debt.
5 items for senior living’s 2022 to-do list
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Lois A. Bowers
Jan 10, 2022
The leaders of five organizations active in the senior living space recently shared with me their insights on the biggest challenges facing the industry. Culled from their comments is a list of action...