A Feb. 11 event at Harvard had many take-home messages for senior living communities and their residents.
Challenges remain with senior living employee wellness plans
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Lois A. Bowers
Dec 06, 2016
Wellness programs are one way that senior living organizations can help employees address their health issues, but some companies or their employees don’t see the value, according to a new survey...
Direct care workforce solutions hampered by data gaps, GAO says
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Lois A. Bowers
Sep 15, 2016
Policymakers will continue to be impeded in their ability to develop strategies to help ensure a sufficient number of qualified direct care workers unless the Department of Health and Human Services can...
Court says OSHA can enforce vaccinate-or-test mandate for large companies; opponents appeal to Supreme...
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Lois A. Bowers
Dec 20, 2021
The Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration can enforce its COVID-19 vaccinate-or-test mandate for employers with 100 or more workers, at least for now, after a three-judge...
How to identify and retain engaged employees
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Lois A. Bowers
Nov 01, 2016
Attracting and keeping employees who will be passionate about their work is crucial at a time when workforce challenges are a top issue facing senior living operators, speakers told those attending an...
Be ready as OSHA vows to ‘hold businesses accountable’ after Supreme Court halts COVID vaccine mandate
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Lois A. Bowers
Jan 18, 2022
Breathing a sigh of relief after Thursday’s Supreme Court stay of a federal COVID-19 vaccine mandate for large employers? Not so fast, legal experts say.
Potential coronavirus leads to quarantine, no-visitor policies at Nebraska senior living communities
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Lois A. Bowers
Mar 10, 2020
Two Nebraska senior living communities are under quarantine, and two others are not allowing visitors “out of an abundance of caution” after the communities’ operator learned that an employee of...
The senior living agenda for 2016
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jan 04, 2016
Relatively new leaders at three associations representing senior living providers will be facing established and evolving issues in 2016, they tell McKnight’s Senior Living in exclusive interviews.
DOL revises who qualifies for leave under Families First Coronavirus Response Act
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Lois A. Bowers
Sep 14, 2020
Senior living and other long-term care employers will need to re-examine whether they must provide paid sick leave and expanded family and medical leave to certain employees under the Families First Coronavirus...
Bill would make it easier for workers to bring age discrimination cases
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Lois A. Bowers
Dec 07, 2017
A bipartisan group of senators introduced legislation aimed at making it easier for older Americans to bring work-related age discrimination cases as the United States marks the 50th anniversary year of...