Long-term care employers could be sued for DEI efforts under new law … CalPERS’ $2.7M settlement over LTC insurance cost canceled … 5 states permanently increase nursing homes minimum staffing requirements...
Proposed pilot program would expand assisted living access to veterans
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
May 17, 2022
A proposed bipartisan bill would create a pilot program to expand veterans’ access to assisted living.
Benefits, culture key to hiring and retaining workers, leaders say
By
Kimberly Marselas
May 17, 2022
Combining pay increases with innovative benefits and a culture that rewards loyalty is a key way to improve long-term care hiring and retention, six industry leaders said last week.
‘We’re all trying to make a better industry,’ Lifetime Achievement Award winner says
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
May 16, 2022
Connections to people from all walks of life can launch careers, according to the McKnight’s Women of Distinction 2022 Lifetime Achievement Award honoree.
Bill aims to build up nursing home workforce
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 16, 2022
Federal legislation introduced Thursday would extend temporary pandemic-era allowances in an effort to build up the nursing home workforce.
National bill would require senior living operators to implement workplace violence prevention plans
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
May 13, 2022
Senior living and other long-term care and healthcare providers would be required to create workplace violence prevention plans to protect employees under proposed bipartisan legislation.
6 ways to minimize risk within your senior living community
By
Kenita Hill
May 12, 2022
If you can maintain a low level of risk in your senior housing community, it can keep your residents and staff members safe.
AHCA/NCAL, 15 other groups pressure HHS to extend public health emergency
By
Lois A. Bowers
May 12, 2022
The official start of summer is more than a month away, but 16 national organizations, including the American Health Care Association / National Center for Assisted Living, were thinking of fall and the...
NHI reaches ‘inflection point’ as it sees finish line on portfolio optimization
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
May 11, 2022
With optimization of its portfolio largely complete, National Health Investors President and CEO Eric Mendelsohn said that the real estate investment trust has reached an inflection point with greater...
U.S. News names 1,274 ‘Best Senior Living’ communities in inaugural year
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Lois A. Bowers
May 10, 2022
More than 1,200 senior living communities operated by more than 80 companies have another way to stand out among their peers starting this morning, as the inaugural U.S. News & World Report’s Best Senior...