The most recently published editors’ columns appear below.
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How is senior living surviving? Good question
By
John O'Connor
Mar 10, 2022
As we’re nearing an anniversary of sorts, this may be a good time to offer an assessment and some observations about senior living survival.
These medical innovations are good news for aging adults
By
Lois A. Bowers
Mar 07, 2022
Sepsis, prostate cancer, high cholesterol, type 2 diabetes, hypertension. These are some of the conditions that will benefit from medical advancements noted on the Cleveland Clinic’s recently announced...
Next time, it might be your turn
By
John O'Connor
Mar 03, 2022
It’s been a rough week for nursing homes. Aren’t you glad you don’t run one?
What the CDC’s new masking guidance means for long-term care
By
Lois A. Bowers
Feb 28, 2022
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Friday that it is “updating its framework to monitor the level of COVID-19 in communities,” which it uses to make recommendations on masking...
Senior living’s latest challenge carries a hefty price tag
By
John O'Connor
Feb 24, 2022
Rates charged by senior living operators rose by a robust 4.65% in 2021. In normal times, that would have been pretty wonderful news, at least from an operator’s standpoint.
Sex offenders in your community? Better know who they are
By
John O'Connor
Feb 17, 2022
It looks like Pennsylvania may become the next state requiring providers to notify the proper authorities when a registered sex offender moves in.
Romance is in the air
By
Lois A. Bowers
Feb 14, 2022
Think of a busy senior living community in the time of the coronavirus and “office romance” may not be the first thought to come to your mind. At workplaces in general, however, romance is in the air....
How to improve senior living? Don’t just count the ways
By
John O'Connor
Feb 10, 2022
A new report offers so many specific ways assisted living can be improved. Any single item by itself can help. Collectively, they could significantly change the face of senior living — for the better.
More than 201,000 in long-term care have died from COVID, but just how many more?
By
Lois A. Bowers
Feb 07, 2022
A full accounting of COVID deaths among long-term care residents and staff members is not available because the federal government only collects data from Medicare and Medicaid-certified nursing facilities.
Is this the best they can do?
By
John O'Connor
Feb 03, 2022
A new ranking of the best places to retire to may not be unbiased after all.