Feds aim to strengthen immigrant workforce, but do plans go far enough for long-term care?
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jan 30, 2023
New federal plans to strengthen the country’s immigrant workforce might bring the long-term care sector one step closer to alleviating its workforce shortage. But some wonder whether the plans go far...
$1.5 million philanthropic gift will fund community’s independent living neighborhood
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jun 11, 2021
The Mercy Medical Center Foundation has received a $1.5 million donation from the Wayne and Nan Kocourek Foundation to develop an independent living neighborhood within HallMar Village, a senior living...
Supreme Court weighs how far employers must go to accommodate workers’ religious practices
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Apr 18, 2023
Freedom of religion is paramount among American liberties, but can a business require an employee to work on Sunday if it goes against that person’s faith? The Supreme Court will hear arguments today...
Supreme Court expands employers’ requirements for religious accommodations
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jun 30, 2023
How far must an employer go to accommodate a workers’ religious practices? The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that an employer’s financial hardship must be more than a minimal one to deny a worker time...
New state rankings rate pandemic healthcare performance
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jun 22, 2022
Health systems in Hawaii and Maine ranked the highest among the states as far as vaccination rates, capacity in hospital and intensive care units, and death rates throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, in new...
Occupancy higher at entrance fee CCRCs compared with rental CCRCs
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 01, 2024
The occupancy rate for entrance fee continuing care retirement / life plan communities was greater than 90% in the fourth quarter of 2023, according to Omar Zahraoui, principal at the National Investment...
Business briefs, Oct. 31
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Oct 31, 2022
Assisted living owner pays $1M in back wages, damages to 47 workers … Healthpeak Properties declares quarterly common stock cash dividend of $0.30 per share … FTC a decision has ‘a 100% chance of...
Actions & Transactions, Nov. 8
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Nov 08, 2023
Presbyterian Homes & Services, Mercy Medical Center celebrate opening of HallMar Village CCRC in Cedar Rapids, IA … Christian Living Communities, through its Cappella Living Solutions, now manages Green...
OSHA inspections into healthcare companies lower than expected, Fisher Phillips discovers
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 09, 2022
Data from Fisher Phillips’ recently launched OSHA inspections tracker gave the law firm’s attorneys pause, as the results showed that healthcare inspections from the Occupational Health and Safety...
Business briefs, July 15
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jul 15, 2022
Six factors will affect the future of senior living, Bob Kramer says … Supreme Court decision could rein in ‘far-reaching workplace measures’ … Union petitions increased 56% in first three quarters...