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Tight Labor Markets: What Can Seniors Housing and Care Operators Do?

By: Beth Mace  |  April 04, 2018

What strategies can be used to mitigate today’s tight labor markets? Below are some ideas that I hope will stimulate conversation and dialog about a topic that is here to stay. Collectively, let’s keep adding to this list and generate additional ideas about practical and implementable solutions to the ever-growing challenge of today’s tight labor markets.

Economic Trends  |  Market Trends

CCRC/LPC Market Trends: 4Q2017

By: Lana Peck  |  March 28, 2018

As the seniors housing and care industry's leading data provider, NIC tracks occupancy, asking rents, demand, supply and construction data for independent living, assisted living, memory care, skilled nursing and continuing care retirement communities (CCRCs)/life plan communities (LPCs). The following narrative describes CCRC/LPC occupancy and supply and demand trends in the combined primary and secondary markets, which represent the aggregate of the data collected from 99 of the largest core-based statistical areas (CBSAs).

Economic Trends  |  Market Trends  |  Workforce

U.S. Economy created 313,000 jobs in February 2018

By: Beth Mace  |  March 12, 2018

The Labor Department reported that there were 313,000 jobs created in the U.S. economy in February. This was above the consensus expectation of 205,000 jobs. This marked the 89th consecutive month of positive job gains for the U.S. economy. Revisions added 54,000 jobs to the prior two months.

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