Palace Group, Sinai Residences named 2023 Best Workplaces in Aging Services
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Sep 14, 2023
Fifty companies representing residential senior living and care have been named to Fortune’s 2023 Best Workplaces for Aging Services lists, released Wednesday.
COVID-19 vaccination now a condition of employment for some senior living operators
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jan 13, 2021
Atria Senior Living and Juniper Communities say that mandating vaccinations is the responsible thing to do, and the quickest route to re-engaging with community life.
Job offer blows up over medical marijuana, leads to federal discrimination case
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 26, 2022
A continuing care retirement community is facing a federal civil rights discrimination lawsuit from a woman who claims the operator withdrew a job offer over her legal use of medical marijuana.
White House ‘tripledemic’ focus turns to improving facility air quality
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Dec 08, 2022
One of the best ways to battle the current onslaught of respiratory viruses that is battering older adults and other vulnerable populations is focusing more on improving indoor air quality.
The Baptist Home promotes two to vice president roles
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Nov 04, 2020
Karl Snider and Ron Mackey have been named vice presidents at Missouri-based The Baptist Home. The announcement comes as part of the third phase of an ongoing strategic planning and organizational realignment...
Pandemic ‘was like the devil walked through and was invisible’: McKnight’s ‘Distinction’ panelists
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
May 20, 2021
Operating through the pandemic was like working with a ghost that was impossible to grasp, leading to feelings of failure among senior living and care leaders. But the pandemic also refocused priorities.
Meet Raven Jackson, Rising Star honoree
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jul 20, 2020
Editor’s Note: We are profiling the McKnight’s 2020 Women of Distinction honorees daily through the program’s July 28 online awards ceremony. To register or learn more about this digital celebration,...
OSHA’s COVID-19-related standards ‘burdensome,’ ‘duplicative,’ senior living execs say
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Aug 23, 2021
New federal workplace safety rules, although well-intentioned, are burdensome and do not account for frequently changing guidance from other agencies, according to senior living association executives.
Juniper CEO: Restoring ‘new normal’ in senior living is about COVID lessons learned
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Aug 03, 2020
Juniper Communities created an early COVID-19 battle plan using cohorting and universal testing. Today the majority of its communities are testing 100% negative for the virus, says founder and CEO Lynne...
‘Go for it.’ Leaders reflect on life on the leading edge of long-term care
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
May 26, 2023
CHICAGO — The future is bright for the long-term care industry, but its leaders must decide what they want the industry to be instead of waiting for tomorrow’s consumers to present a list of demands,...