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Quick Facts: Jobs in Older Adult Services
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Administration | Management
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Administration and management careers range from nursing home administrators to the Executive Director of an individual community, to the CEO of a multi-site organization - with many leadership positions in between:
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Business | Finance | Office Management
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Business and office management career options include administrative assistant (those who keep track of accounts payables, receivables and medical record), senior accountant, among other jobs.
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Culinary Arts
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Culinary services include numerous careers, including servers, cooks, and executive chefs.
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Environmental Services | Maintenance | Facilities
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Environmental services include a range of careers in older adult communities, such as groundkeepers, janitors, and housekeepers
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Fundraising | Development |
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Communities can raise money to help improve services for their older adult residents. Buildings, grounds, and services may be updated using donations. Some people start in this career by doing grant writing.
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Human Resources |
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Human resources careers include many jobs in older communities, such as coordinators, recruiter, and directors. These employees recruit new staff, orient them to an organization, ensure that company rules are in place and followed.
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Information Technology |
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Careers in information technology are of increasing importance in older adult communities as they adopt new technology for residents and staff. People in these jobs may be system engineers or the technical director for an organizations.
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Marketing | Communication |
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Marketing professionals in older adult services advertise the many programs and services their community has to offer. Jobs include sales associates and director of marketing.
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Nursing Administration |
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A nursing administrator is a management position and he or she oversees the clinical teams in the older adult community. Jobs in this career ladder include registered nurse supervisors, clinical managers or directors of nursing.
- Education needed: Bachelor's Degree in Nursing
- Salary: $74,000 - $90,000
- Similar careers: Managers, administrators in other health services and health insurance agent
- Job outlook: High growth
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Service Coordinator |
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Service Coordinators assist older adults living in affordable housing communities access the health and wellness services they need to age in the community.
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