Improved onboarding process could boost worker retention
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Apr 08, 2024
As long-term care providers navigate post-pandemic workforce challenges, they also need to improve the onboarding process, according to the results of a new survey by Viventium
Ventas makes ‘significant progress’ toward ESG goals
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Oct 26, 2023
Ventas has made “significant progress” toward meeting its environmental, social and governance objectives, the Chicago-based real estate investment trust’s chairman and CEO, Debra A. Cafaro, said...
Senior living should be ‘hubs of revitalization,’ expert says
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Nov 08, 2023
Senior living in the future will be more of a “community hub, not the old-age ‘ghetto,’” predicted Bob Kramer, speaking Tuesday during a panel discussion at the 2023 Future of Health Summit sponsored...
Actions & Transactions, Oct. 2
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Oct 02, 2023
Danish Home of Chicago breaks ground on $13.5M expansion … Community First expands regional senior living footprint with Anthology property acquisition … Village at Hinckley Oaks holds grand opening...
Justice Department, FTC update merger guidelines
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Dec 20, 2023
New guidelines released Monday by the Justice Department and the Federal Trade Commission outline factors and frameworks that the agencies will evaluate when reviewing mergers and acquisitions.
HHS: $13 million investment in nurse education is ‘key pillar’ to improving SNFs
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Oct 24, 2022
The US Department of Health and Human Services’ plan to spend $13 million on nursing education and training is “a key pillar of President Biden’s action plan to improve the safety and quality of...
Aegis Living launches development consulting services affiliate
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Nov 10, 2022
Bellevue, WA-based Aegis Living this week launched a new affiliate company, Aegis Development LLC, which will deliver development consulting services to the senior housing industry.
This senior living community has celebrity chef, restaurant open to public
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Nov 17, 2022
When The Hacienda at Georgetown opens near Austin, TX, in early 2023, the amenities on the 13-acre campus will include fine-dining meals prepared by celebrity chef Stephan Pyles.
Ensign Group adds 17 operations during ‘one of the biggest acquisition quarters in several years’
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Oct 28, 2022
The third quarter was “one of the biggest acquisition quarters in several years” for the Ensign Group, Executive Vice President Chad Keetch said during Thursday’s earnings call. The firm added 17...
Supreme Court expands employers’ requirements for religious accommodations
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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...