Of all the challenges senior living providers face during Covid-19, maintaining frontline staffing levels is one of the hardest and most expensive to address. The issue has many facets. The first is that, in looking after an at-risk population of older adults, senior living caregivers are also at an elevated risk for contracting Covid-19. In […]
Mass layoffs put thousands of people out of work in the United States over the last two weeks as the Covid-19 crisis deepened. Senior living providers hope to recruit and hire many of these newly unemployed people — and one major regional provider is well on the way to doing so. Over the one-week time […]
A sizable portion of the U.S. hospitality workforce is out of work thanks to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic — and if senior living providers want to hire them, now is the time to start reaching out. That’s according to Adam Kaplan, founder and CEO of Solera Senior Living. The Denver-based provider, which has three communities […]
Local bans on public gatherings to prevent the spread of Covid-19 have shuttered restaurants, bars and nightclubs across the country, leaving many suddenly out of work or uncertain where their next paycheck will come from. But the senior living industry could help absorb some of the blow by hiring these workers, which would also fill […]
As the coronavirus pandemic brings everyday life across the U.S. to a halt, businesses including senior housing operators need to take precautions to protect their employees, as well as themselves. But they need to err on the side of caution while doing so, lest they run the risk of violating the Americans with Disabilities Act […]
In its latest hiring push, Aegis Living has added more leaders from the food, hospitality and retail sectors. The leaders come from multiple companies, and join the Bellevue, Washington-based company as it strives to lead a “wellness revolution,” Aegis Living President Kris Engskov wrote in a LinkedIn post Tuesday. “Aegis Living is leading a wellness […]
Trilogy Health Services launched a new initiative in its ongoing efforts to recruit and retain new senior housing workers, through a work-study program in Kentucky high schools. The Louisville-based senior housing and care provider announced it will invest $10 million in high schools across the Bluegrass State for students interested in pursuing careers in health […]
The senior housing industry is gradually embracing technology but still struggles to keep up with the pace of new advancements, as well as the costs involved with implementing technology. Still, forward-thinking providers are making significant technology investments that are bearing fruit. When asked to name the single tech implementation that has made the biggest positive […]
There’s an incorrect yet commonly held stereotype that senior living communities are where older adults go to wither away at the end of their lives. The same stereotype can even apply to people who work in senior living dining, according to Resort Lifestyle Communities (RLC) Executive Chef Jonathon Bolton. “There is a saying that senior […]
Occupancy is one of the most important contributors to net operating income (NOI), but in the face of ongoing struggles nationally with oversupply, operators can continue to boost their NOI through other means. Because this is the case, those who focus too much on occupancy as a metric for the health of senior living communities […]