The most recently published editors’ columns appear below.
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For all columns by McKnight’s Senior Living Editor Lois A. Bowers, click here.
3 ways COVID-19 will change senior living forever
By
Lois A. Bowers
May 04, 2020
One senior living expert recently shared with me three ways senior living surely will change, and another way it will change at least temporarily, due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Need something else to worry about?
By
John O'Connor
Apr 30, 2020
I’m no expert on monetary policy and have never played one on TV. But even I am beginning to wonder if these actions might create another problem for senior living operators.
‘It doesn’t have to be this way,’ owner says of COVID deaths in senior living
By
Lois A. Bowers
Apr 27, 2020
Tyson Belanger served three tours of duty in Iraq as a Marine. Now, as the owner of the assisted living home his parents built 44 years ago, he thinks he has the solution to winning the war on COVID-19....
Well, that escalated quickly
By
John O'Connor
Apr 23, 2020
Virtually overnight, many operators are finding themselves in the fight of their lives.
A good time to take stock — of you
By
John O'Connor
Apr 16, 2020
We’re all sailing through unchartered waters, but realize that you’ll probably get through these awful challenges — and you might just emerge better for the experience.
‘We are in this industry for a reason’
By
Lois A. Bowers
Apr 13, 2020
I was struck by the themes of hope, strength and togetherness that arose in some of the answers to a question we asked in a recent survey.
A favor that could change senior living oversight
By
John O'Connor
Apr 09, 2020
Assisted living operators have marketed themselves as “un-nursing homes.” But the field may have just made that position more difficult to defend.
Coming together, right now
By
Lois A. Bowers
Apr 06, 2020
COVID-19 is challenging senior living operators in new and numerous ways. Companies are finding ways to help their peer organizations and let their workers know how much they are valued during these unprecedented...
Is senior living truly recession-resistant?
By
John O'Connor
Apr 02, 2020
It looks like economists soon will be confirming something else that’s in the air: an economic recession.
Quality in action
By
Lois A. Bowers
Mar 30, 2020
In response to my blog last week, I heard from several readers who shared the creative actions their senior living communities are taking to keep residents healthy and active socially, physically and cognitively.