Perkins Eastman is newest resource partner for university retirement community website
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Apr 18, 2024
Perkins Eastman has signed on as a resource partner with UniversityRetirementCommunities.com.
Want to keep employees? Offer a pension instead of a 401(k)
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Apr 01, 2024
One way to entice employees to stay may be to offer them a pension instead of a hybrid retirement plan that is part pension and part 401(k), suggests a new report from the nonprofit National Institute...
Advocates celebrate joint employer ruling while potential appeal, contrary order await
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 12, 2024
Long-term care industry advocates are celebrating after a federal judge on Friday vacated the National Labor Relations Board’s joint employer rule, which had been set to go into effect Monday. Attorneys,...
Occupancy higher at entrance fee CCRCs compared with rental CCRCs
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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...
59 percent of older adults say they didn’t save enough money for retirement: study
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Feb 20, 2024
More than half of the retirees participating in a new survey said they regret not saving as much as they should have for retirement.
Program trains high school students to graduate as CNAs
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Feb 02, 2024
A high school program in San Diego is striving to train certified nursing assistants so they are available for work as soon as they graduate.
CCRC outlook not getting worse but also not improving much, Fitch says
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jan 19, 2024
Fitch Ratings’ outlook for continuing care retirement / life plan communities is “deteriorating,” according to the company’s senior director and sector lead for life plan communities, Margaret...
Healthcare ranks second among industries with workers frustrated by low pay: survey
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jan 19, 2024
Healthcare workers rank second among those frustrated about their industry’s pay, according to a recent analysis from USA Today Blueprint.
Texas, Florida among top states to relocate to
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jan 10, 2024
Texas and Florida are the fastest-growing states in the nation if one-way equipment rentals from U-Haul are any indication.
Demand for nurses continues to eclipse supply: report
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Dec 14, 2023
Almost three years after the start of the pandemic, a shortage of registered nurses continues to eclipse the supply of qualified professionals.