Court ruling provides cautionary tale regarding duties of independent living operators
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jul 21, 2022
A Michigan Supreme Court ruling has called into question whether independent living residents are truly “independent” and what responsibilities operators hold beyond the traditional landlord-tenant...
State-level policies make difference to direct care workforce: PHI report
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jul 13, 2022
State-level policies targeting direct care workers made a difference during the pandemic — over and above federal support provided to long-term care providers. But long-term transformation is necessary...
Assisted living a focus as OSHA increases COVID-19 inspections
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Lois A. Bowers
Jul 07, 2022
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration plans to increase its inspections of assisted living communities and some other types of long-term care and healthcare-related employers as it extends...
$18 million tech startup eyes creating efficiencies specifically for assisted living
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jun 24, 2022
A chance encounter on a playground led to the launch of a startup aimed at streamlining the work of assisted living staff members and operators through technology. The case of August Health provides a...
‘This is a first’ — ‘Vision’ group aims to create leadership pathways for senior living and...
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James M. Berklan
Jun 22, 2022
Senior living and other aging services leaders took another big step forward Tuesday with the announcement of the Vision Centre: Leadership Development for Aging Services initiative.
Senior living community fined for not paying overtime to salaried employee
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Amy Novotney
Jun 13, 2022
A senior living community serving more than 900 residents will pay almost $7,000 in back wages after denying a salaried worker overtime wages, the Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division announced...
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...
Listening can help reduce compassion fatigue in service industry: speaker
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jun 02, 2022
During a Wednesday LeadingAge membership call, Gregg Levoy, an author and speaker about mental health, acknowledged that long-term care providers are facing a workforce crisis of epic proportions, with...
With questions about whether any further COVID-19 relief legislation will be passed this year, Argentum said Tuesday that it is focusing on a federal workplace safety rule, financial relief and workforce...
‘We’re all trying to make a better industry,’ Lifetime Achievement Award winner says
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
May 16, 2022
Connections to people from all walks of life can launch careers, according to the McKnight’s Women of Distinction 2022 Lifetime Achievement Award honoree.