Impact of dockworker strike on medicine, medical device supply currently assessed as ‘limited’
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Oct 03, 2024
Supply chains could be disrupted by striking dockworkers at the country’s East Coast and Gulf Coast seaboards, but the Department of Health and Human Services said Monday that preliminary assessments...
$1.6 million grant will help older workers train for CNA, other healthcare roles
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Oct 11, 2023
The National Council on Aging has received a $1.6 million AmeriCorps Seniors grant to test a program to train adults aged 55 or more years to become certified nurse assistants, electrocardiogram technicians...
Millions of retirees return to work for financial, emotional reasons
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Sep 20, 2023
Many Amerians who chose to retire for one reason or another during the pandemic have returned to the workforce, according to a new report from global investment management firm T. Rowe Price. They could...
Providers continue to face workforce challenges as Careers in Aging Week arrives
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 27, 2023
The long-term care industry is celebrating frontline workers this week during Careers in Aging Week as they continue to face workforce shortages.
Workers looking to employers for cost-of-living help: survey
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Dec 08, 2022
Workers worldwide are looking for financial help to offset cost-of-living increases in difficult economic times. That’s according to the results of the Randstad Q4 Workmonitor Pulse survey of 7,000 workers...
Senior care workers’ needs go beyond compensation: survey
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Oct 13, 2022
Meeting the needs of the senior care workforce means more than compensation and financial security, according to the results of a Transcend Strategy Group and MAC Legacy survey.