Workforce retention means bridging the generational gap, expert says
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Aug 31, 2023
Onboarding, listening and management and executive training are keys to workforce retention, according to one expert.
Workforce, advocacy, provider support comprise new LeadingAge strategic plan
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 18, 2024
WASHINGTON, DC—On the second day of LeadingAge’s Leadership Summit 2024 here, Board Chair Roberto Muñiz, president and CEO of New Jersey-based Parker Health Group, urged members to share their stories...
Workforce development project targets LPN apprenticeships, policy recommendations
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jul 25, 2023
The state of Washington is approaching the long-term care workforce crisis by addressing education, training and licensing through two approaches, including a new LPN apprenticeship program.
Development programs, immigration among potential solutions to workforce crisis, provider groups tell...
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Mar 21, 2023
Workforce development programs and immigration reform are among the potential solutions to staffing challenges that senior living advocates presented to lawmakers seeking options to address the crisis.
70 percent of assisted living providers still report significant or severe workforce shortage
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Mar 16, 2023
Seventy percent of assisted living providers responding to a newly released LeadingAge workforce poll said they still are experiencing a significant or severe workforce shortage.
HCBS bill provides ‘sorely needed’ solutions to care choice, workforce issues
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Mar 10, 2023
A new bill seeking to expand and permanently fund home- and community-based service programs — including those provided in assisted living — is “exactly what’s needed” to begin to solve the...
Affordable senior housing providers say they are stretched thin due to a host of operational and workforce challenges, but partnerships with outside agencies are helping them meet residents’ needs, according...
Senior living workforce, affordable housing priorities included in House appropriations proposal
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jul 01, 2022
Workforce development, dementia care and affordable senior housing are among the funding priorities affecting senior living included in the proposed House appropriations bill.
Staffing flexibility does little to address long-term workforce crisis, leaders say
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jan 26, 2022
Flexibility tied to staff certification is aimed at helping Maryland’s assisted living communities and other long-term care facilities, pharmacies and hospitals address staffing shortages amidst the...
Long-term care providers win fight for $400 million in COVID-19 relief to address workforce shortages
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Oct 21, 2021
Texas long-term care facilities are poised to receive almost $400 million in federal COVID-19 relief to address staffing shortages following pleas to state lawmakers.