Building a ‘destination workplace’ in long-term care requires diverse investments, active listening...
By
Josh Henreckson
Jun 28, 2024
Faced with today’s complex array of financial, staffing and regulatory challenges, senior living and other long-term care providers across the care continuum must rely on an equally broad range of solutions,...
Addressing senior living caregivers’ childhood trauma improves outcomes for workers, residents: report
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
May 14, 2024
Senior living and care employers can reduce the negative effects of childhood trauma experienced by frontline caregivers by building nurturing relationships and safe workplaces, according to a new report.
Assisted living will ‘meet its promise’ by providing services consumers want, experts say
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
May 08, 2024
Through the evolution of the assisted living model, the needs of residents have become more challenging, staffing shortages have worsened, regulations have become more complex, financing and accessibility...
Assisted living model could be threatened by long-term care workforce proposal
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 30, 2024
A proposed federal bill includes substantial new funding for long-term care workforce development, but it potentially threatens the assisted living model by including the setting with more clinical ones,...
Brookdale’s staffing algorithm under fire for alleged chronic understaffing of communities
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 02, 2024
One national senior living company’s staffing algorithm drew repeated complaints from building managers for failing to capture the nuances of caring for older adults, leading to residents going without...
Assisted living provides value, satisfaction in long-term care continuum, industry advocates say
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jan 26, 2024
The assisted living industry is fighting back against growing scrutiny over staffing challenges and what consumer groups and the lay media say is a cost structure that prices many older adults out of services...
More news for Thursday, Jan. 4
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jan 04, 2024
LCS approved to take over financially troubled CCRC … Senior living provider establishes workforce development endowment … Protecting heart health may prevent dementia … Daily learning test can detect...
State rule change goes back to intent of original staffing bill, advocates say
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Dec 19, 2023
A proposed rule change in response to the inclusion of “stringent language” inserted into a bill governing staffing levels in Georgia’s senior living facilities goes back to the intention of the...
$30 million loan repayment program aims to recruit, retain senior living workers in Hawaii
By
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.
More news for Tuesday, Aug. 29
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Aug 29, 2023
Poll: Only half of older adults have heard of new RSV vaccine … Workforce mental health needs increase for most large employers: survey … CCRC in danger of insolvency placed under state control …...