DOL rule will hurt many senior living workers over time
By
John O'Connor
Apr 25, 2024
It’s a bit exhausting to keep writing about ways good intentions from our regulatory agencies keep fueling disastrous outcomes.
EEOC launches new effort to reach workers in rural and underserved areas
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jan 31, 2024
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission on Monday launched the REACH initiative, a new, multi-year effort aimed at broadening the agency’s outreach to workers in rural and underserved communities.
We’re college students with ideas of how to promote senior living careers to a younger generation
By
Lily Kiffmeyer
Riley Tagatz
Jan 02, 2024
Two college students share insights on promoting the field of senior living leadership to a younger generation.
Proposed nursing home staffing mandate would hurt senior living providers ‘fishing from the same...
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Nov 07, 2023
CHICAGO — Even though the staffing mandate proposed by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services directly would apply only to nursing homes, senior living providers as well as providers across the...
$18.8 million gift funds effort to increase geriatric specialists serving aging services field
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jul 26, 2023
A not-for-profit aging services provider based in New Jersey has made a $18.8 million gift to a medical school to improve care for older adults through research, education and interdisciplinary collaboration.
Workforce training expenses would be covered by college funding program under bipartisan legislation
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jul 19, 2023
Bipartisan legislation expanding the use of 529 savings accounts to cover workforce training and credentialing program expenses is gaining support from the senior living industry.
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Hawaii provider association among partners in $35 million workforce development initiative
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 06, 2023
The Healthcare Association of Hawaii, along with more than 70 businesses and the University of Hawaii community colleges, have committed to participating in a $35 million workforce development initiative....
Form 300A summary of injuries and illnesses due to OSHA Feb. 1
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jan 24, 2023
It’s that time of year for employers who are required by Occupational Health and Safety Administration’s recordkeeping standards to file Form 300A summarizing injuries and illnesses.
Labor management, rate increases help drive 6th consecutive quarter of growth for Sonida
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Nov 15, 2022
The senior living operating environment continues to be challenged, but Sonida Senior Living executives attribute the company’s sixth consecutive quarter of occupancy and revenue growth to an increased...
Physician groups ‘concerned’ about bill to expand nonphysicians’ scope of practice in SNFs
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Nov 15, 2022
Seventy-six medical associations have expressed their opposition to pending legislation that would expand nonphysician practitioners’ scope of practice, including in nursing homes.