Ventas riding senior housing recovery with occupancy, revenue growth
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Feb 22, 2022
The senior living industry pandemic recovery is underway with accelerating demand, strong rate increases and rapidly improving clinical conditions, with expectations for occupancy and revenue growth going...
Brookdale sees 10 months of occupancy growth, sets labor, occupancy goals for 2022
By
Lois A. Bowers
Feb 16, 2022
Entering 2022 having experienced 10 months of sequential weighted average occupancy growth, Brentwood, TN-based Brookdale Senior Living has identified strategies to improve occupancy further as well as...
Senior living resident-led program removes barriers to U.S. citizenship for workers
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Feb 11, 2022
When Rita Siebenaler found out that $725 was all that was standing between immigrant staff members at her life plan community and U.S. citizenship, she decided to do something about it.
Pressures mount for staffing agencies accused of price gouging long-term care operators
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jan 31, 2022
While senior living and other long-term care leaders are being joined by other healthcare groups, and even members of Congress, to call for federal action against price-gouging by temporary staffing agencies,...
Positive company culture motivates, engages and retains employees, exec says
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jan 18, 2022
Survey after survey shows that money isn’t the prime motivator for healthcare employees anymore. Support and appreciation outweigh wages in retaining workers during the pandemic.
Earnings calls wrap-up: Invesque, Capital Senior Living
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Nov 12, 2021
Companies focus on portfolio management among costs and labor availability pressures.
Pay, vaccine mandates top reasons for worker retention challenges: LeadingAge survey
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Oct 06, 2021
Staffing concerns are front and center for senior living and other aging services providers, according to a LeadingAge pulse survey, with operators continuing to struggle to attract qualified workers and...
Culture, communication, wellness efforts make for ‘Best Workplaces’
By
Lois A. Bowers
Aug 23, 2021
As the coronavirus pandemic has continued into 2021, senior living providers have put more emphasis on the mental and physical health of their employees, and those efforts have paid dividends in the form...
Aging service organizations, labor groups blast infrastructure compromise that leaves out care economy
By
Diane Eastabrook
Jun 14, 2021
Labor unions, aging services organizations and at least one U.S. senator have turned up the heat on Congress to fund the care economy, which President Biden proposed in his infrastructure plan
Peer-to-Peer: It takes financial preparation to thrive in the highly competitive home care market, franchise...
By
Diane Eastabrook
May 10, 2021
Twenty-four years ago, Stephen Rymal, attorney, became Stephen Rymal, franchisee. Rymal operates Griswold Home Care in Burlington County, New Jersey.