Increasing Diversity One Intern at a Time
President & CEO Katie Smith Sloan reflects on how a new LeadingAge program could help members diversify their senior leadership teams.
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A Brighter Future Together
Last week, we announced our intent to affiliate with the Visiting Nurse Association of America (VNAA) and ElevatingHOME (EH). While EH is a relatively new organization, visiting nurses and VNAA have a remarkable past: “The history ...
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Living on the Edge
Sitting in Washington DC during a government shutdown is a bit surreal. The metro is near empty and traffic is thin. I walked by a coffee shop yesterday that had a sign out front that read: “free coffee for furloughed workers.” Other establishments are offering pizza or bagels. Empathy. We are, after all, a company ...
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Darkness Into Light
David Von Drehle, journalist and author, wrote a column recently in which he said, “ I think we face two kinds of problems in this world: forever problems and right now problems. Forever problems are those persistent challenges, vast and complex, that humans confront but never solve. Consider the distribution of wealth ...
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We are Called LeadingAge for a Reason
We need to lead. And lead we will… by answering these and other questions: How will our communities ...
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When Members Talk, We Listen
Over the last year, our state partners have hosted Town Hall Conversations across the country to hear members talk about their pain points and ideas about future directions. The goal of these conversations is to gather input for our public policy priorities for the upcoming year. But the Town Halls serve another important purpose: ...