COMPANIES offering flexible work arrangements and employee-focused cultures are more likely to attract happier employees, researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology found in a recent study based on Glassdoor.com reviews. Reviews with keywords like “work-life balance” or “flexible work” were popular for higher-rated companies, while employers with lower ratings consistently failed to promote diversity, equity and inclusion efforts and made workers feel disrespected.
NEW Hampshire is the most expensive state for assisted living facilities at $8,248 per month, according to analysts at Seniorly, a senior living search site. That’s nearly double the national average of $4,401 per month, meaning Granite Staters need to save for almost 27 years based on the state’s median income and average savings rate. Meanwhile, home health aides in the state cost an average of $6,574 per month.
IN a November 2023 survey on health and health care, Gallup found Americans are more confident in nurses than doctors when asked who provides “excellent or good” medical care.
A total of 82% gave their highest favor to nurses, whereas 69% said they have had excellent care from physicians. It’s a 15% drop in respondents’ confidence in physicians from a similar survey Gallup conducted in 2010, but only a 6% drop for nurses.
MORE people have moved into New Hampshire in the past year than away, according to an annual study by United Van Lines published in early January. In 2023, just over 54% of moves involving New Hampshire were inbound, with family being the primary reason people moved into the Granite State. Retirement was the primary reason residents moved out of the state. About 59% of those moving into New Hampshire last year had an income of $150,000 or more, and those aged 35-44 and 55-64 represented an equal 22.6% each of inbound people.
ACCORDING to the Pew Research Center, the American centenarian population — people ages 100 and older — is expected to quadruple in the next 30 years. The number of centenarians is predicted to rise from an estimated 101,000 in 2024 to about 422,000 in 2054, or an increase from 0.03% of the overall U.S. population this year to 0.1% in 2054. Nationwide, the overall U.S. population is expected to trend older in the coming decades, with 84 million adults ages 65 and older anticipated to make up 23% of the population.
