Watermark Retirement Communities has hired a new Chief Operating Officer (COO) as the company prepares for new growth in 2025. Jeff Slichta, a former executive with Sunrise Senior Living and Experience Senior Living, will take over as COO starting next week to succeed Karen Mlawsky, who is stepping down from the COO role to “pursue […]
Category: Staffing
Distinctive Living recently named two vice presidents to help spearhead sales and marketing efforts as part of an effort to reorganize its executive team and prepare it for growth in 2025. The Freehold, New Jersey-based operator this week announced it had brought on Kristina Vance as vice president of sales and Erin Richey as vice […]
Value-based care is still a big driver in how senior living operators are meeting future challenges. That’s according to a recent survey by the American Seniors Housing Association (ASHA) and tech firm August Health. The survey includes responses from 68 senior living clinical leaders between July 15 and August 15 of this year. Nearly a […]
Senior housing operators are starting to see staffing stabilize and are pursuing a variety of strategies to win and retain quality hires. In particular, operators are still tweaking their methodologies in order to fill their hardest to hire roles such as registered nurses, licensed practical nurses and dining room staff. At LCS, said there have […]
Fewer than half of nurses working in the senior housing and care sector feel “psychologically safe” in their workspace. That’s according to a new survey from Kare, a digital labor marketplace for post-acute and senior living operators. The report, released this week in collaboration with the National Association of Health Care Assistants (NAHCA), is the […]
The Palace Group and Brightview Senior Living have retained their spots as the first- and second-place “Best Workplaces for Aging Services.” This annual list, compiled by Activated Insights and announced this week, ranks the top aging services workplaces nationwide and categorizes them as either large or small- and medium-sized. Chicago-based Vi Living moved into the […]
Senior living operators have long struggled to hire for certain positions, including nurses and other specialized roles. In response to those challenges, some operators have adjusted recruiting strategies with these workers in mind. Among the hardest roles to recruit for are on the care side of the industry, particularly with registered nurses (RNs) and licensed […]
Over the last year, Belmont Village Senior Living has built out a recruiting department that is already paying dividends. The Houston, Texas-based operator initially started the department years ago with only one vice president of recruitment. Now, it has seven dedicated recruiters, all to maintain the stream of new workers to keep up with projected […]
Building in more flexibility to worker schedules is not a new strategy for the senior living industry. But in 2024, operators are still tweaking those strategies to improve their staffing practices. The concept has worked well in other customer-facing industries. After global retailer Ikea faced a turnover problem in 2022 and 2023, the company implemented […]
When it comes to senior living staffing, operators in 2024 must do things differently than before. Senior living companies have taken many steps to bolster staffing in recent years, including raising wages for employees creating new benefits and offering greater flexibility in scheduling. With a low unemployment rate of 4.1% nationwide, talent pools remain shallower […]
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