Seniors For Living

A new article from the Money section of US News & World Report holds the answer, and as with many issues related to seniors and long-term care, it’s a complicated one. In a nutshell, as Congress faces decisions about ...

Assisted living employees and home care workers often spend many holiday hours at work, caring for residents and clients while others are home with friends and family.

That’s why it is important to recognize their efforts and let them ...

Each year, member organizations like ALFA (the Assisted Living Federation of America) and NCAL (the National Center for Assisted Living) take nominations from participating communities to determine the best of the best.

NCAL recently announced the award winners for 2012, in ...

It doesn’t matter if you’re faced with multiple options, or if it’s slim pickings. Either way, you want to select an assisted living community that provides quality care.

Consider these tips for finding quality assisted living care:

1. ...

Jobs marked by constant, intense personal interactions and the provision of direct care (bathing, dressing, medical attention, feeding, etc.) can be emotionally and physically draining. Consequently in assisted living and other care settings serving seniors, burnout is common if staff ...

People leave their jobs all the time, voluntarily and involuntarily: maternity leave, a move, a career change, layoffs, retirement.

In assisted living and other senior care communities, staff turnover is generally quite high, and not just for the usual reasons ...

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Green is so much more than a color these days.

Going green, living green, saving green: it’...

A massive group of employees (both paid and unpaid) do not have the day off today: the senior caregiving workforce.
Family/informal caregivers have a 24-hour a day responsibility to provide for their loved one’s needs, no matter what ...

Yes, you might be wowed by the well-appointed Great Room, or the landscaped courtyards and gardens, or the heated swimming pool. And there is nothing wrong with wanting your loved one to live in a beautiful, amenity-filled place. However, when ...

Representing over 2,700 assisted living facilities across the country, NCAL (the National Center for Assisted Living), chooses award winners in several categories each year, recognizing the “best in the nation in the assisted living profession”, says this new press release.

This ...