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Workforce advisory council offers direct care workers voice in recruitment, retention efforts
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Feb 15, 2022
A first-of-its-kind advisory council is giving Maine’s assisted living community, nursing home and home health employees a voice in policy decisions affecting them.
Operator sees 5% retention increase through multifaceted approach to workforce issues
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jun 27, 2018
In an area where a 2.8% unemployment rate makes competition for high-quality workers especially great, Denver-based not-for-profit Christian Living Communities has rolled out several programs that it says...
Providers must work together to solve workforce issues: PHI
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 12, 2022
A public education campaign would improve the public’s understanding of the direct care workforce, help recruit more workers, empower those workers to tell their own stories and publicly recognize this...
Providers, associations must work together to ease workforce woes: PHI
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Apr 12, 2022
Long-term care providers and advocacy groups must work with state officials to ease workforce woes via targeted policies, according to a report from PHI.
Senior living workforce at crisis levels, but hope is on the horizon: Argentum
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Mar 11, 2022
Workforce challenges have always existed in long-term care, but never to the crisis-level extent they do now. Hope is on the horizon, however, according to senior living experts.
Legislation proposes $5.5M in ARPA funds to boost assisted living workforce
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Feb 25, 2022
The Nebraska Unicameral Legislature is considering legislation that would direct more than $5.5 million in American Rescue Plan Act funds to assisted living communities to promote employee recruitment...
Employee retention tax credit is ‘lifeline’ to senior living, groups say
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Feb 11, 2022
A bipartisan bill restoring an employee retention tax credit for small business and nonprofits — including senior living — is a “lifeline” to keep employees on the payroll during the COVID-19 pandemic,...
Long-term care industry veteran plans to invest up to $40 million annually in ‘real solution’ to...
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Feb 02, 2022
Workforce shortages have been an issue for senior living and other long-term care providers for more than 20 years. But the pandemic finally prompted one senior living professional to put his money where...
Staffing flexibility does little to address long-term workforce crisis, leaders say
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jan 26, 2022
Flexibility tied to staff certification is aimed at helping Maryland’s assisted living communities and other long-term care facilities, pharmacies and hospitals address staffing shortages amidst the...