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Internship program raises awareness of senior living job opportunities
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Sep 06, 2024
The senior living industry needs to help people realize that there are several ways to be involved in healthcare, including working with older adults, according to one community leader.
Technology pilot study to focus on improving resident safety, employee well-being in senior living
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Aug 27, 2024
Improving resident safety and employee well-being in senior living communities and other long-term care residential settings through technology is the goal of research getting underway at the University...
Workforce shortages in the healthcare industry are nothing new. But even with creative incentives and initiatives, continuing care retirement / life plan communities continue to struggle to recruit and...
Citizenship assistance program helps senior living operator stand out from the competition
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jul 30, 2024
A resident-inspired program that helps senior living staff members achieve US citizenship became so much more for one organization, which shared its success in the hopes of inspiring other communities...
Insurance among common fringe benefits offered to CCRC employees
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Lois A. Bowers
Jul 19, 2024
Insurance is a popular fringe benefit paid to management employees of continuing care retirement / life plan communities, according to the findings of the 2024-2025 CCRC Salary & Benefits Report. The national...
Workforce recruitment a big part of changing the senior living narrative
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jul 09, 2024
Potential employees’ perceptions of the aging services field and how best to talk to them about jobs in the sector is part of an expansion of a LeadingAge initiative.
Building a ‘destination workplace’ in long-term care requires diverse investments, active listening...
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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,...
Improving senior living staff experience key to retention efforts
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
May 17, 2024
An employer focus on staffing over the past few years, along with a slowly changing job market, appears to be easing workforce headwinds in the senior living and care industry, according to an analysis...
Addressing senior living caregivers’ childhood trauma improves outcomes for workers, residents: report
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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.