New options in grab-and-go can help reduce food costs for senior living communities: Argentum … Good Samaritan Society parent Sanford Health and Intermountain Healthcare sign letter of intent to merge...
Keys to building stronger, more equitable LTC workforce: report
By
Amy Novotney
Feb 16, 2021
As nursing homes, assisted living communities and home care agencies recover from the COVID-19 pandemic, they continue to face another daunting challenge: the ongoing low supply of direct care workers...
Pandemic turnover study aims to give providers better options for recruitment and retention
By
Amy Novotney
Oct 05, 2020
Turnover rates among nursing home workers have increased dramatically during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the LeadingAge LTSS Center @UMass Boston. Although these workers are particularly vulnerable...
Hiring, turnover, burnout, safety among top workforce challenges: survey
By
Amy Novotney
Dec 08, 2020
Across all demographics, finding and hiring qualified job candidates (67%) is the top workforce challenge in long-term care and healthcare, followed by employee turnover (57%). That’s according to a...
More tech needed to plug long-term care ‘service gap,’ one industry expert says
By
Amy Novotney
Mar 02, 2021
The impending intersection of a growing older adult population and the ongoing inadequate number of caregivers employed to assist them makes it imperative that senior living and care operators continue...
Experts stress need for wage increases to decrease shortages among long-term care staff
By
Amy Novotney
Dec 09, 2020
Increasing pay for direct care workers really can help long-term care operators combat staffing shortages, according to a blog post this week in Health Affairs. The article discussed how several states,...
GAO calls on Labor Department to protect retirement plans from cyber threats
By
Amy Novotney
Mar 16, 2021
More than 100 million workers participate in employer-sponsored retirement savings plans such as 401(k)s and, altogether, their contributions represent almost $6.3 trillion in assets.
Kentucky SNFs expect to lose at least 11% of workforce due to vaccine mandate
By
Amy Novotney
Sep 07, 2021
Leaders from Kentucky’s long-term care industry implored state lawmakers Thursday to provide more support for its bruised and battered workforce.
Healthcare quarantines spur staffing concerns
By
Amy Novotney
Mar 12, 2020
As nursing homes, assisted-living centers and other senior living communities across the country work overtime prepping to prevent the spread of the coronavirus among its residents and staff, operators...
Most CFOs now expect revenues to increase this year
By
Amy Novotney
Apr 07, 2021
Chief financial officers around the country are optimistic about 2021, with 87% of finance leaders expecting revenues to increase this year, according to a new pulse survey of more than 700 U.S. executives...