Robotics, automation can help solve staffing, efficiency challenges: panelists
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jun 09, 2022
Staffing challenges got you down? Robotics may help, according to panelists speaking Wednesday at the virtual LeadingAge Collaborative Care Tech Summit 2022. They shared how they are using robotics applications...
Students-in-residence program targets training, staffing shortages
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jun 22, 2023
A partnership between a senior living provider and higher education is targeting the training and development of the next generation of certified nursing assistants while addressing staffing shortages.
How a senior living provider freed up employees to pursue their passions
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jun 08, 2023
A few years ago, United Methodist Communities embarked on a digital transformation to improve productivity, drive innovation and improve resident and employee experiences.
Assisted living staff need training to recognize, intervene in resident-to-resident aggression: study
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
May 08, 2024
A high prevalence of resident-to-resident aggression in assisted living communities points to a need for staff member training to recognize the causes of that aggression as well as clearer policy guidance...
Strong workforce comes down to ‘tender and tough’ equation, senior living CEO says
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 05, 2022
Building and strengthening the workforce for one Connecticut life plan community meant borrowing from a pandemic practice that built on its already strong culture.
Culture transformation is hard work, but pays dividends: CEO
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Dec 10, 2021
Creating a cultural conversion in a senior living community is difficult work, according to those who have gone through the process. But the end result is worth it.
$30 million loan repayment program aims to recruit, retain senior living workers in Hawaii
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Sep 12, 2023
A student loan repayment program is being launched in Hawaii to address the growing shortages of healthcare professionals in senior living and other settings across the islands.
Organizational culture key to building a senior living ‘dream team’
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jul 12, 2023
The Great Resignation has turned into the Great Opportunity to build a “dream team” for senior living providers that focus on organizational culture, according to workforce solutions experts.
Is it time to reimagine assisted living? These industry experts say yes
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Feb 09, 2022
Assisted living must be reimagined as an affordable care option providing quality, person-centered care that melds social and medical models, according to industry experts.
Federal efforts to strengthen care economy fall short for senior living, advocates say
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 19, 2023
President Biden’s executive order on strengthening the care economy, although well-intentioned, does not offer adequate solutions for long-term care in part because it does not support assisted living...