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Foreign Caregivers Recruited by National Nursing
Home Firm
Aug. 18, 2005 – Foreign workers may provide the
answer to the shortage of workers available to meet the mushrooming
demand by skilled nursing and long-term care facilities. Beverly
Healthcare, with 345 nursing homes, has hired 75 healthcare
professionals from the Philippines and announced an agreement with a
global healthcare staffing firm to increase this effort.
Beverly Healthcare announced an agreement with
Universal Resources to recruit “quality, trained, frontline caregivers”
to work in its nursing homes throughout the United States.
Beverly plans to utilize this recruiting source on
an ongoing basis in combination with a "very aggressive" healthcare
professional sourcing strategy in the United States.
According to the National Academy for an Aging
Population, the number of Americans needing long term care services will
reach 10 million by the year 2018 -- an increase from just 7 million in
1997. Coupled with a nationwide caregiver shortage, long-term care
providers are seeking innovative ways to secure their workforce.
“Our partnership with Universal Resources is an
example of how Beverly is addressing the critical workforce shortage
faced by the entire long-term care industry and -- most importantly --
ensuring the delivery of quality care for the elderly men and women we
serve,” said Jim Scott, Beverly’s Director of Corporate Recruitment.
“We are extremely impressed with Universal
Resources’ professionalism and capabilities, and with the large number
of highly experienced and qualified healthcare professionals they are
able to source on our behalf. We have found these individuals to be very
well suited to Beverly and the company’s commitment to delivering
quality, compassionate healthcare to an aging population,” added Scott.
The agreement names Universal Resources as
Beverly’s preferred recruitment partner in the Philippines. Universal
Resources will provide comprehensive international staffing services
through the targeted selection and placement of qualified, dedicated and
experienced healthcare professionals into the Beverly Healthcare system.
Universal Resources will provide a full cycle of
international staffing services to Beverly’s nationwide network
leveraging Universal’s state-of-the-art technology, their strong
cultural immersion protocols, as well as Universal’s corporate strength
and extensive history in placing quality healthcare professionals for
providers in the acute care setting since 1990.
“Beverly has a set of high standards and
expectations that we know we can meet and exceed in the course of our
business relationship,” said Mike Saegh, Vice Chairman of Universal
Resources.
“We look forward to a long-term partnership with
Beverly as their international staffing solutions provider. It is a core
mission of our company to develop a long-term strategy for our clients
guaranteeing the successful delivery of quality healthcare through the
recruitment and placement of experienced and qualified healthcare
professionals.”
About Beverly
Beverly Enterprises, Inc. and its
operating subsidiaries are leading providers of healthcare services to
the elderly in the United States. Beverly operates 345 skilled nursing
facilities, as well as 18 assisted living centers, and 64 hospice and
home care centers. Through Aegis Therapies, the company offers
rehabilitative services on a contract basis to nursing facilities
operated by other care providers.
With headquarters in Fort Smith,
Ark., Beverly employs 34,000 people in 23 states and the District of
Columbia. More than two- thirds of Beverly’s employees serve in clinical
or care-giving roles.
http://www.beverlyhealthcare.com
About Universal Resources
Universal Resources is an
international recruitment and staffing firm dedicated to addressing the
acute shortage of qualified healthcare professionals in the United
States. Through a unique approach, the company is able to access
untapped resources from across the globe, that are strategically used to
meet the long-term staffing needs of providers of major U.S. healthcare
facilities.
Based in Boston, Mass., with offices
in Washington, DC and representation across the Southeastern U.S.,
Universal Resources is a global corporation with offices in Manila,
Philippines as well as Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Its distinctive
global presence and multiple sources run by an experienced team of
technologically savvy healthcare staffing professionals guarantees that
they will outperform their clients’ expectations.
http://www.universal-resource.com.
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