What Do The Experts (and the Audience) Say On The Labor Crisis?

What Do The Experts (and the Audience) Say On The Labor Crisis?

by | Jul 14, 2017 7:02 am | Opinion, Statistics | 0 comments

On Thursday, July 13, we hosted a webinar entitled, “The Coming Labor Market Shock to Senior Care,” with panelists Glenn Barclay of Quality Senior Living, John Gonzales of SDG Senior Living and Lori Porter of the National Association of Health Care Assistants. For 90 minutes, the panel discussed how the industry will deal with a labor shortage, improving retention rates, improving onboarding and training practices, an increased minimum wage to $15 per hour in the coming years, technology’s impact on labor demands and how middle market operators will be able to deal with these changes. If you’d like to hear a recording of the webinar, click here. Needless the say, the industry has a lot of... Read More »

Will the Labor Crisis Bring Senior Care To Its Knees?

by | Jul 12, 2017 7:01 am | Opinion | 0 comments

The issue of labor will challenge the senior care industry and potentially bring it to its knees. That is at least our opinion, and that of many in the industry, as demand for senior care services (which will only increase in the next 10-15 years and beyond) must be met with an appropriate supply of skilled labor. The number of CNA, food service, maintenance, RN and LPN positions required to serve the aging population is only growing, and those jobs, particularly CNAs, RNs and LPNs, are getting more complex as the average resident acuity rises at assisted living and skilled nursing facilities. Operators, if they find the skilled labor to fill these roles (a big if), will have to contend... Read More »