State-level initiatives tackle language-based barriers to worker training, testing
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
May 20, 2024
Foreign-born workers account for 27% of the nation’s direct care workforce, but many states maintain strict, English-only testing and training requirements that can prevent some immigrants from entering...
Long-term care leaders return to basics, employ innovation to grow direct care staff
By
Kimberly Marselas
May 20, 2024
Facing the reality that most new nurses don’t choose to enter geriatrics, senior living and skilled nursing leaders both are going back to the basics and seizing on innovation to expand their direct...
Task force releases recommendations addressing workforce shortages
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
May 20, 2024
Although North Carolina’s assisted living communities don’t employ large numbers of nurses, industry leaders noted that findings and recommendations from a state task force on addressing a shortage...
New ways to celebrate your achievements
By
Lois A. Bowers
May 20, 2024
The McKnight’s Women of Distinction Awards and Forum last week offered an energizing and insightful day of networking, learning and celebrating as we honored five dozen women for their contributions...
Creating spaces for thriving: Designing the active adult environment
By
Darla Esnard
Ryan Miyahira
May 20, 2024
As more individuals seek communities that offer both comfort and enrichment, the concept of active adult living will only continue to gain further momentum.
Healthcare sees highest Chapter 11 bankruptcy filings in 15 years: report
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 18, 2024
Chapter 11 bankruptcies in healthcare, including senior living reached a multiyear high in the first quarter of 2024. That’s according to the newest Polsinelli-TrBK Distress Indices Report, published...
More boomers favor renting, with little interest in buying homes: report
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 18, 2024
Baby boomers — those born between 1946 and 1964 — are bucking the trend when it comes to renting versus buying a new home, according to a report from Bank of America, published Wednesday.
Half of Native Americans older than 70 years may have cognitive impairment
May 17, 2024
Vascular and neurodegenerative injuries are approximately equally responsible for cognitive impairment.
Don’t use AI to undermine unionization efforts, feds warn
By
John O'Connor
May 17, 2024
The Labor Department just released eight “principles” that urge employers to actively manage the implementation of AI in the workplace.
Mentorship, honesty are crucial to retaining senior living leaders of tomorrow, speakers say
By
Josh Henreckson
May 17, 2024
Cultivating mentorships in senior living and care is vital to bringing up and retaining the next generation of sector leaders, a group of six prominent women leaders said this week during a McKnight’s...