HUD invests millions to modernize affordable senior housing
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Oct 04, 2024
The Department of Housing and Urban Development is providing millions of dollars to support energy efficiency and climate resilience improvements in affordable senior housing.
Rule taking effect Monday will make it harder for employers to decertify unions
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Sep 27, 2024
A new rule from the NLRB that is set to go into effect on Monday will make it more difficult for employers to decertify unions.
Business briefs, Sept. 24
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Sep 24, 2024
What the federal election means for entitlements, regulations and immigration … Now is the time for senior living to show value via data, speakers say … HHS-OIG publishes revised Medicaid Fraud...
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...
Longer lives, divorces, smaller families mean more older adults are living alone
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Sep 19, 2024
More older Americans are living alone, either by choice or by circumstances, than 50 years ago, according to the US Census Bureau.
Social Security COLA predicted to be lowest in 4 years
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Sep 16, 2024
Slowing inflation means that Social Security beneficiaries will see the lowest cost-of-living adjustment since 2021, according to experts.
Companies committed to DEI but may talk about it differently: survey
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Sep 19, 2024
Social impact is a growing corporate strategy, even if it isn’t talked about, according to the results of a survey by the Association of Corporate Citizenship Professionals and YourCause from Blackbaud.
New tool helps employers avoid discriminating when using AI in recruiting, hiring
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Sep 26, 2024
The Department of Labor has a new tool meant to help employers avoid discriminating against disabled individuals when they use artificial intelligence to assist them with recruiting and hiring.
Mismatch exists between investors, financial advisers when it comes to long-term care planning
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Oct 07, 2024
Approximately 60% of retirement investors participating in a new survey said they think they might need independent living, assisted living or skilled nursing in the future, yet only 34% of financial professionals...
Canadian senior living outlook similar to that of US
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Sep 30, 2024
The senior housing market in Canada is similar to to the United States, according to global real estate services firm Cushman & Wakefield.