ShiftMed Raises $200M to Widen Footprint in Senior Housing and Care Staffing Space

By: Zahida Siddiqi Health care staffing platform ShiftMed has raised $200 million with a particular focus on expanding its footprint across all health care market segments. The company’s app-based staffing “marketplace” connects hospitals, assisted living providers and skilled nursing facilities with workers in want of a shift. A year ago, ShiftMed announced a partnership with […]

Top Senior Housing Trends for 2022

As 2022 begins, headlines are unfortunately reminiscent of 2020, featuring news of Covid-19 case counts, global disruptions to business and transportation, and even whole cities going into lock down. But for the U.S. senior living industry, history will not repeat itself in 2022. That’s thanks largely to the number of residents vaccinated against Covid-19 and […]

Promising Signs on Labor, But Senior Living’s Shortcomings on Workforce Have Been Exposed

The ongoing workforce crisis has been among the hottest topics at this week’s National Investment for Seniors Housing & Care (NIC) conference, and attention will be fixed on labor-related numbers when the largest publicly traded senior living owners and operators announce their Q3 2021 earnings later this week. While these earnings calls will provide some […]