The most recently published editors’ columns appear below.
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No Scrooges at these communities
By
Lois A. Bowers
Nov 28, 2016
In the final month or so of each year, our thoughts frequently focus on our own good fortune and ways that we can bring happiness to others’ lives. Residents and others at several senior living communities...
In a giving mood
By
Lois A. Bowers
Nov 21, 2016
As the holidays approach, several senior living communities are partaking in fun projects to relay the vibrancy of senior living residents or informative projects to help employees, residents, prospective...
Just when you were warming up to Medicaid …
By
John O'Connor
Nov 17, 2016
Medicaid as you have known it is probably going to be changed. And not for the better.
A new offering for your activity calendar?
By
Lois A. Bowers
Nov 14, 2016
Results of two new studies may have you considering adding a new offering to you activity calendar: CPR training.
A sleeper issue that soon may affect more senior living organizations
By
John O'Connor
Nov 10, 2016
Much continues to be written and said about Donald Trump’s White House victory. And as so often happens at times like these, another notable development taking place at the same time largely is being...
Combating aging perceptions with aging realities
By
Lois A. Bowers
Nov 07, 2016
Our society has some work to do before it realizes the vision that LeadingAge President and CEO Katie Smith Sloan relayed at the organization’s recent annual meeting: An America freed from ageism....
Careful with those good deeds, or you might get punished
By
John O'Connor
Nov 03, 2016
In Joseph Heller’s satirical novel “Catch-22,” paradoxes keep getting in the in the way. It’s a challenge many senior living operators can relate to.
What the elections mean to senior living
By
Lois A. Bowers
Oct 31, 2016
Senior living representatives have a few ideas about the potential ways in which the industry might be affected by the outcomes of the national elections.
Arbitration lawsuit presents a tough choice for many operators
By
John O'Connor
Oct 27, 2016
The American Health Care Association is suing the government over a proposed rule that puts an end to arbitration clauses. Whether the lawsuit is a good idea remains to be seen.
The great divide appears to be narrowing
By
John O'Connor
Oct 20, 2016
Like aging children who look more like their parents, many assisted living communities are beginning to resemble the operators who once spawned them.