Inside the Staffing Practices of Senior Living Standouts from Fortune’s ‘Best Workplaces’ List

Each year, thousands of companies across the U.S. vie for a spot on the annual Best Workplaces in Aging Services list. For those that do, the immediate benefit is a new recruiting tool — and valuable feedback from their current workers. The list, published in Fortune with data collected and analyzed by Activated Insights, ranks […]

Former HUD COO Named CEO of Embrace Living Communities

Affordable senior housing operator Embrace Living Communities named Ralph Gaines as its new CEO. Gaines comes to Oak Brook, Illinois-based Embrace from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), where he spent nearly two years as its chief operating officer. He joined HUD in June 2017. Prior to that, he was president and […]

New Data Analysis Shows Employee Retention Boosts Senior Housing Occupancy

Improving employee retention can bolster a senior housing community’s bottom line by reducing expenses, but it can also help drive up occupancy, according to a new white paper from industry association Argentum and consultancy Great Place to Work. For the white paper, researchers considered a hypothetical regional senior living operator with 1,500 employees, 20 communities, […]

Great Place to Work Data Holds Surprises for Senior Living

In just three months, Fortune magazine will publish the first-ever “Best Workplaces in Aging Services” list. To be considered for inclusion, senior housing and care providers had to complete an initial process by June 18, to become “certified.” With that deadline now past and the industry data being analyzed, some surprising results are emerging related […]