McKnight’s Senior Living COVID-19 survey: Operators cope with staffing issues by paying overtime, having...
By
Lois A. Bowers
Apr 08, 2020
Overtime pay is the most common form of compensation that senior living operators are giving to cover extra shifts and address other staffing needs as communities work to prevent or manage cases of COVID-19...
Labor Department excludes senior living from COVID-19 relief bill’s paid leave requirement
By
Amy Novotney
Mar 29, 2020
The Department of Labor released updated questions and answers regarding the Families First Coronavirus Response Act Saturday, and provided guidance categorizing senior living providers as “health care...
Rethinking the healthcare workforce amid COVID-19
By
Amy Novotney
Mar 30, 2020
Healthcare organizations around the nation are scrambling to stay on top of the COVID-19 pandemic. Many facilities are finding that adequate staffing — a hurdle in the best of times — has become...
Coronavirus bill provisions would ‘decimate’ senior living workforce, organizations say
By
Lois A. Bowers
Mar 17, 2020
Provisions in a multi-billion dollar bill to provide coronavirus-related relief to workers would “significantly curtail our caregiver workforce” and must be addressed, Argentum President and CEO James...
Trilogy improves employee retention through education assistance program
Nov 13, 2019
Trilogy Health Services has begun offering an expanded suite of education assistance benefits to help its employees manage the cost of higher education and alleviate their student debt, improving employee...
How telehealth has improved employee satisfaction and the bottom line at Capital Senior Living
By
Lois A. Bowers
Sep 03, 2019
Capital Senior Living has seen a 400% increase in employee use of the telehealth benefit available through the company health plan.
New state laws emphasize dementia training, background check database access
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jul 22, 2019
S.B. 827 adds dementia training to the continuing education component for physicians and nurses in Connecticut, and S.B. 832 facilitates easier public access to the databases used for background checks...
$385,000 in grants will fund workforce initiatives
By
Alyssa Salela
Aug 07, 2017
Increasing the quantity and quality of the workforce serving the aging population is the ultimate goal of 17 grants totaling more than $385,000 that recently were awarded to rural LeadingAge Minnesota...
The least engaged workers in senior living — and how to engage them
By
Lois A. Bowers
Apr 10, 2017
A new analysis reveals the senior living community departments where engagement is lowest, and an expert provides insights into how to increase engagement in those areas.
5 big issues in senior living in 2016
By
Lois A. Bowers
Dec 29, 2016
Looking back on our coverage of the senior living industry and the issues that affected it in 2016, several common themes emerge. Five are detailed in this year-end review.