The most recently published editors’ columns appear below.
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Remembering the middle market
By
Lois A. Bowers
Feb 25, 2019
Mark your calendars. A release date for the National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care’s highly anticipated middle-market study has been announced.
Waste not, why not?
By
John O'Connor
Feb 21, 2019
Say what you will about the latest billionaire governor of Illinois, he’s very generous. At least when it comes to spending other peoples’ money.
Look past differences to solve workforce challenges
By
Lois A. Bowers
Feb 19, 2019
Legal immigration is part of the solution to staffing challenges in senior living and other industries, according to numerous organizations representing provider and business interests. But a new lawsuit...
Is the marriage of senior living and capital about to be tested?
By
John O'Connor
Feb 14, 2019
The NIC Spring Conference next week will bring together capital providers and seekers at a time when money issues are coming to the fore.
Pay attention to that soap opera-watching robot
By
Lois A. Bowers
Feb 11, 2019
Someone at Edge Hill University clearly has a sense of humor, but research there is no laughing matter.
A surprising finding about family caregivers
By
Lois A. Bowers
Feb 04, 2019
An interesting study recently published in The Gerontologist suggests that older caregivers providing less care than their peers may need more support than others.
Thanks hospitals, for all that utterly useless information
By
John O'Connor
Jan 31, 2019
How do we go about untangling the hospital pricing practices mess? There are a few ways it could be done.
Older adults’ top priorities for the government may surprise you
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jan 28, 2019
We’ve heard older voters called “healthcare voters,” but the results of a new survey don’t corroborate that view.
The high cost of free labor
By
John O'Connor
Jan 24, 2019
A story that broke this week took me back to my first brush with the injustice of unpaid hourly employment.
Moving toward gender equality
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jan 22, 2019
I’m pulling for a day when instruments such as the Gender Equality Index won’t be needed, because equality will be something that serves as an assumed basis from which other actions stem. Until that...