Argentum Advocates for You State Update
December 6, 2019
Brookdale Senior Living Apprenticeship Program Approved; CNA Program to Begin in Chattanooga
November 14, 2019
BRENTWOOD, Tenn.—The U.S. Department of Labor has given Brookdale Senior Living approval to create a new certified nursing assistant (CNA) apprenticeship program. The program will provide Brookdale associates with on-the-job and technical training to advance their careers and help address a projected nationwide shortage of healthcare workers and professional caregivers. Brookdale plans to pilot the…
Trilogy Health Services Partners With Tuition.io for Expanded Suite of Education Assistance Benefits
November 14, 2019
LOUISVILLE, Ky.—Trilogy Health Services, the premier senior care provider in the Midwest, today announced that it has partnered with Tuition.io to provide an expanded suite of education assistance benefits to help its employees alleviate the heavy burden of student debt and manage the cost of higher education. The benefits include student loan repayment assistance, scholarships…
Start Planning Now to Make the Most of April’s Careers in Aging Week
October 16, 2019
People working in senior living and aging services often have this backstory: They hadn’t known about the opportunities or the variety the field offers. They didn’t know they could even get a job right out of high school, or apply their experience from another field, or enjoy a lifelong career. And they hadn’t realized how…
Leaders Show the Way to A Strong, Motivated Workforce
October 16, 2019
These are stories of senior living community employees who took a look at the challenges in attracting and maintaining a high-quality workforce and decided to do something about it. There are many more like them in communities around the country. Some got where they are by opting into educational programs and benefits through provider companies,…
Exploring Strategies for a Tight Market
October 16, 2019
Wanted: 2.5 million more senior living workers. Please apply before 2030. The senior living industry directly employs more than 767,000 Americans, and indirectly employs more than 915,000 workers in related industries. This industry, with nearly a quarter-trillion dollars in economic impact, drives economies from local to global. These thousands of workers are licensed and registered…
Argentum Advocates for You State Update
September 23, 2019
Generational Insights Can Help Weather the Workforce Crisis
September 5, 2019
If you’ve been talking about millennials—how to hire them, how to retain them, how to motivate them as employees—you have best-selling author and speaker Neil Howe to thank. He coined the term, along with his co-author William Strauss, in their fourth book, Millennials Rising. Howe combined skills as an economist, a historian, and a demographer…
Merrill Gardens Employee Awarded USC Scholarship Through CALA
August 27, 2019
Sacramento, CA – The California Assisted Living Association (CALA) announced today that Lauren Powell, Community Operations Director for Merrill Gardens LLC, is the recipient of a full scholarship to attend the University of Southern California’s (USC) Leonard Davis School of Gerontology. Powell says, “We are at a pivotal point in the senior living field. The…
Vi Senor Living Named One of the 2019 Best Workplaces for Aging Services
August 24, 2019
CHICAGO, IL – For the second year in a row, Great Place to Work and FORTUNE have honored Vi Senior Living as one of the 2019 Best Workplaces for Aging Services, ranking fifth on the list. The Best Workplaces for Aging Services is one of a series of rankings based on employee feedback from Great…
Benchmark Named One of the 50 Best Workplaces in Aging Services By Great Place to Work and FORTUNE Magazine
August 24, 2019
Waltham, Mass. – Benchmark, a human connection company and leading provider of senior living services in the Northeast, today announced that Great Place To Work and FORTUNE magazine have honored the company for the second year in a row as one of the Best Workplaces in Aging Services. Following extensive feedback by associates at all…
Argentum Congratulates Companies Recognized as 2019 Best Workplaces in Aging Services
August 22, 2019
Alexandria, Va.—Argentum, a national association of senior living providers, congratulates its members named by the Great Place to Work® Institute as companies fostering high-trust, high-performance workplace cultures. Great Place to Work, a global research and analytics firm, identified 40 senior living providers on its second annual list of 50 senior care companies published today on…