New tool helps employers avoid discriminating when using AI in recruiting, hiring
By
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.
Capital expenditures expected to tick up for CCRCs: Fitch
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Sep 17, 2024
Capital expenditures will start to tick up in fiscal 2024 among the country’s continuing care retirement / life plan communities, according to Fitch Ratings’ medians report for the sector, published...
Court cites Civil War-era statute in decision that could lead to lawsuits against companies that hire...
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Aug 14, 2024
A recent federal appeals court ruling could result in more discrimination lawsuits filed by US citizens against companies that hire holders of temporary visas, according to one attorney.
Trustwell much larger after adding 16 communities to portfolio
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jun 27, 2023
New York City-based Trustwell Living has added 16 assisted living and memory care communities to its holdings, greatly expanding its five-community portfolio to 21 communities.
Report: Nurse residency programs could help reduce turnover
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Sep 28, 2022
Nurse residency programs, which are popular among nurses, could alleviate turnover among long-term services and support services nurses, according to a research brief from the LeadingAge LTSS Center @UMassBoston.
CCRC occupancy trends lower but better than non-CCRCs: analysis
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 25, 2021
Occupancy in continuing care retirement communities fell 1.4 percentage points from the fourth quarter to 84.3% through the first quarter of 2021, according to data released Friday by the National Investment...
‘We are seeing the green shoots of recovery,’ Brookdale CEO says
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 20, 2021
Brookdale Senior Living is “seeing the green shoots of recovery,” President and CEO Lucinda “Cindy” Baier said yesterday at the Capital Markets Global Health Care Conference.
FTC’s noncompete ban upheld in one district court — a different conclusion than reached in another...
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jul 25, 2024
A federal judge in Pennsylvania on Tuesday denied a request to block enforcement of the Federal Trade Commission’s final rule banning noncompete agreements in most instances.
Business briefs, May 20
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 20, 2021
Fitch Ratings upgrades Givens Estates’ IDR to ‘A-’ … Pennsylvania Department of Health reports 90 COVID-19-specific nursing home investigations in April … “Compassion, Community, Caring”...
Pandemic means 41,000 fewer senior housing units could be needed: analysis
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 18, 2021
COVID-19 deaths have curtailed short-term supply needs for senior housing. The projected senior housing units needed to serve those 85 or older in 2021 are less than pre-pandemic estimates by as many as...