5 ways boards can drive organizational excellence in aging services
By
Jennifer Schwalm
Mark Ross
Jul 22, 2024
There are five ways boards can drive organizational excellence with informed decisions while enhancing their organizations’ long-term financial sustainability and ensuring that they are well-positioned...
The complexity of workforce shortages
By
Lois A. Bowers
Feb 27, 2023
Results of a new survey drive home the complexity of workforce shortages and point out how solving them could address other business challenges. Fifty-seven percent of Americans believe that there aren’t...
Best way to honor caregivers? Address the workforce crisis
By
James Balda
Feb 22, 2023
In addition to remembering the caregivers our country has been blessed with, we should call on policymakers to do more to resolve our workforce crisis.
Senior living trends: Prepare for historic changes in 2020
By
Craig Abbott
Jan 06, 2020
Like never before, senior living and care organizations are facing a time of great uncertainty. These trends will have significant bearing within the senior living space.
CNAs to the rescue in senior living?
By
John O'Connor
Feb 16, 2023
A plan in Virginia to enable CNAs to meet training requirements in assisted living communities is something other states should consider.
Hooray, another staffing nightmare
By
John O'Connor
Jan 11, 2024
The Labor Department isn’t out to make the lives of senior living operators miserable. But some days, it can sure feel that way.
Finding and keeping caregivers: A growing crisis
By
Stephen Campbell
Feb 06, 2017
A new campaign offers 60 new ideas to help address the caregiving crisis in senior living.
Where the Democratic presidential candidates stand on health insurance and long-term care
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jun 24, 2019
Should health insurers be required to cover long-term care? A New York Times survey of the Democratic candidates for president uncovers their views.
Could a national vaccine mandate be coming to senior living?
By
Lois A. Bowers
Aug 24, 2021
Following Wednesday’s announcement that COVID-19 vaccines will be mandated by the federal government for nursing homes, could a similar national requirement be in store for senior living? It might be...
Using AI to fill senior living staffing gaps
By
Honghao Deng
Apr 18, 2024
Recent advances in artificial intelligence, or AI, offer a way to help prevent lonely deaths and proactively identify potential long-term issues.