‘Health Care Villages’ Seek to Stabilize Nursing Home Labor Pool by Supporting Workers at Life’s Crossroads

Traditional workforce development models often fail because they don’t address personal barriers to success, such as housing, transportation and childcare, that workers in the nursing home sector – where many are single mothers – face in maintaining employment. While staffing has improved over the last year, these common life struggles threaten the stability of the […]

Ensign Adds SNF in California; Monarch Acquires Former Welcov Facilities

The Ensign Group (Nasdaq: ENSG) acquired the operations of the 99-bed Downey Care Center, a skilled nursing facility in Downey, Calif. The acquisition was effective March 1. “It’s been many years since we have found the right opportunity to grow in Southern California,” Ensign President and CEO Christopher Christensen said in a statement announcing the […]