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Caregivers’ Calling: Meaning and Fulfillment by Supporting Others

Post date February 17, 2023
Post author By Gene Mitchell

Professional caregivers are the heart of aging services. Their work is hands-on, compassionate, evidence-based, and centered on each resident’s or client’s well-being. Caregivers not only improve the lives of older adults, but also help family members cope with the needs of their loved ones who need extra care day-to-day. National […]

Trust, Transparency, and Leadership: Keys to High Nursing Home Resident Bivalent Booster Rates

Post date January 24, 2023
Post author By Gene Mitchell

LeadingAge’s ongoing collaboration with the White House and the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) to increase uptake of bivalent boosters among nursing home residents nationwide kicked off last November, with the launch of the All Hands on Deck campaign. Our participation includes tracking and submitting to HHS weekly […]

Technology Helps Overcome Hearing Loss, Language Barriers for Affordable Housing Residents

Post date January 9, 2023
Post author By Gene Mitchell

Crown Center for Senior Living, a nonprofit independent living community in St. Louis, MO, is using technology to help residents overcome communication difficulties due to hearing loss and language barriers. The organization has adopted a communication system, ListenTALK, that enables two-way, portable communication among groups of people, promoting better meetings, […]

A Growing Program Launches Health Careers for Underserved Students and Young Adults

Post date December 20, 2022
Post author By Gene Mitchell

The New Jewish Home in New York City has expanded its program to help under-resourced high school students and young adults pursue careers in health care and higher education. SkillSpring is the new name of the former Geriatrics Career Development (GCD) program, which was founded in 2006 to “meet the […]

Members and the People They Serve Celebrate the Holidays with Engagement and Generosity

Post date December 19, 2022
Post author By Gene Mitchell

As the year nears its end, LeadingAge members everywhere join their residents, clients, and staff in celebrating the December holidays. We heard from a few members about the celebrations they have planned, the charitable activities they pursue, and how they work to ensure an inclusive, healthy holiday season for all: […]

Making All-Private Rooms and Creative Fundraising Keys to Skilled Nursing Excellence

Post date November 30, 2022
Post author By Gene Mitchell

Amid the turmoil caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, a number of trends among non-profit skilled nursing providers accelerated. Closures, consolidations, and ownership changes, combined with severe staffing shortages, have changed the profile of nursing home care in the United States, resulting in reduced capacity. Nonprofit providers are not giving up […]

Expansion of HCBS a Challenge and an Opportunity for These Members

Post date November 23, 2022
Post author By Gene Mitchell

After the massive disruptions aging services providers navigated during the COVID-19 pandemic, part of the return to normalcy for some organizations is to expand their home and community-based services (HCBS) offerings. Added emphasis on HCBS should remain a long-term trend among providers, both to accommodate growing demand for aging services […]

Creative Recruitment Ideas to Reel in Hospice Volunteers

Post date November 9, 2022
Post author By Gene Mitchell

Like the rest of the aging services field, hospice providers continue to grapple with staffing shortages. But because of their community volunteer requirements, some hospice providers may face an additional human-resource challenge after January 11. That’s when the Public Health Emergency (PHE) instituted in early 2020 by the Department of […]

‘A Special Kind of Heart and Passion’: Florida Providers Cope With Hurricane Ian

Post date October 14, 2022
Post author By Gene

Hurricane Ian, a Category 4 storm, made landfall on the Gulf Coast of Florida the afternoon of Sept. 28, and over the next 26 hours, slowly moved northeast, devastating a wide swath of the state before reaching the Atlantic. Affordable housing, skilled nursing, and retirement communities across Florida suffered damage […]

LeadingAge Awards Winners for 2022: Dedicated to Service

Post date October 10, 2022
Post author By Gene

The LeadingAge Awards recipients for 2022 represent the qualities of leadership, innovation, compassion, and dedication to mission of LeadingAge members. This year’s winners will be honored at the LeadingAge Annual Meeting + EXPO in Denver, CO, Oct. 16-19. Award of Honor James Bernardo, president and CEO of Presbyterian Senior Living, will receive […]