The U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging has released a new resource for you and your residents: a report of the top 10 scams against older adults that have been reported via its hotline — and how...
$756 billion Medicaid reduction in revised BCRA affected by HCBS pilot projects, CBO says
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jul 20, 2017
A $16 billion difference in Medicaid cuts between a July 20 version of the Senate’s Better Care Reconciliation Act and the June 26 version is due in part to a provision in the revised bill that would...
A divided Congress isn’t all bad news, NCAL executive director says
By
Lois A. Bowers
Oct 14, 2019
There’s some good news associated with the divided Congress that hasn’t accomplished much this year, National Center for Assisted Living Executive Director Scott Tittle said Sunday during NCAL Day.
Bright idea expected to save CCRC more than $144,000 annually
By
Lois A. Bowers
Feb 23, 2017
Jefferson’s Ferry, a not-for-profit continuing care retirement / life plan community in South Setauket, NY, expects to save more than $144,000 a year by making one change, initiated by a committee...
Senior Star counters ABP’s offer to Five Star shareholders
By
Lois A. Bowers
Oct 13, 2016
Senior Star Management Co. said Thursday that it plans to offer owners of Five Star Quality Care common stock $3.45 per share in an effort to purchase up to 10 million shares, which would represent approximately...
Capital Senior Living still has ‘going concern’ concerns
By
Lois A. Bowers
Nov 10, 2020
Occupancy challenges brought on by the coronavirus pandemic continue to raise “substantial doubt” about Capital Senior Living’s “ability to continue as a going concern,” the company said in a...
Acts, Integrace finalize affiliation
Apr 02, 2019
West Point, PA-based Acts Retirement-Life Communities and Eldersburg, MD-based Integrace have completed their affiliation, bringing the two not-for-profit organizations together under shared governance...
Former Sunwest CEO gets 15 years
By
Lois A. Bowers
Nov 17, 2015
Former Sunwest Management CEO Jon Michael Harder has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for defrauding assisted living community investors of millions of dollars.
Senate unanimously passes family caregiver support bill
By
Lois A. Bowers
Feb 26, 2020
A respite program for family caregivers would receive $10 million annually under a bipartisan bill unanimously passed by voice vote in the Senate on Monday. The bill, backed by LeadingAge and dozens of...
The effects of COVID-19 have not escaped the senior living and skilled nursing operators in LTC Properties’ portfolio, executives shared Monday on the real estate investment trust’s first-quarter 2020...
