Increasing independent living presence on many operators’ to-do lists: NIC
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
May 06, 2022
Half of long-term care executives surveyed about their care and service offering mix expect to increase their presence in independent living in the next year, according to the National Investment Center...
Where independent living inventory growth is strongest
By
Lois A. Bowers
May 24, 2018
Seven metropolitan areas account for approximately one-third of the inventory growth in independent living over the past year, according to the National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care.
Meet Jiane Bassi, Rising Star honoree
By
Emma Baumgartel
Jul 14, 2021
Jiane Bassi, associate executive director, Covenant Living of Turlock, Turlock, CA, is in the 2021 class of the McKnight’s Women of Distinction as a Rising Star honoree.
Nursing care prices increase 3.3% in January, but spending down 7.8%
By
Amy Novotney
Feb 23, 2021
National health spending on nursing care dropped 7.8% in 2020 compared with the previous year, according to a health sector economic indicator brief released Friday by nonprofit research and consulting...
CMS ratings show Medicare Advantage quality on the rise
By
Joe Jancsurak
Oct 15, 2020
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has awarded five-star quality ratings to 21Medicare Advantage-Part D plans and 28 contracts in total when Part D plans and cost contracts are included, for...
First two assisted living communities earn AHCA/NCAL Gold Quality Awards
Aug 10, 2018
Maine Veterans Home – Machias in Machias, ME, and Sunrise of Gurnee in Gurnee, IL, have become the first free-standing assisted living communities ever to attain the Gold – Excellence in Quality...
Fellowship Community’s Lisa Vercusky had been looking for new ways to engage with memory care residents when an online search at home led her to a tool common in Europe but virtually unheard of in the...
Big celebrations
By
Lois A. Bowers
Mar 31, 2021
Morning Pointe of Chattanooga celebrated assisted living resident Halie Forstner’s 110th birthday with a parade, a large, pink cake, 110 pink balloons and 110 bottles of her favorite drink, Coca-Cola....
Warts and all, value-based purchasing may be coming to a home health agency near you
By
Diane Eastabrook
Sep 09, 2021
In the past six years Phoenix-based Banner Health has seen a marked improvement in outcomes and patient satisfaction for clients receiving home healthcare services.
Five Star, DispatchHealth launch clinical collaboration for senior living residents
By
Amy Novotney
Dec 20, 2021
Five Star Senior Living independent living, assisted living and memory care residents will receive on-demand acute care via the operator’s collaboration with DispatchHealth, a provider of in-home medical...