A new campaign by AARP and Getty Images certainly fits nicely with LeadingAge’s important vision to “permanently change the image of aging in our society,” but it was another organization that came...
ACHCA discontinues CALA, CNHA certification exams
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Lois A. Bowers
Dec 18, 2019
The American College of Health Care Administrators is discontinuing the exams for the certified assisted living administrator (CALA) and certified nursing home administrator (CNHA) credentials, the organization...
Assisted living occupancy falls to all-time low in second quarter, NIC says
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Lois A. Bowers
Jul 12, 2019
Assisted living occupancy in the second quarter fell to 85.1%, the lowest point since the National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care began collecting data in 2006, the organization said Thursday.
Atria Senior Living pays $185,000 to settle lawsuit alleging discrimination
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Lois A. Bowers
Nov 22, 2016
Atria Senior Living has agreed to pay $185,000 to settle a lawsuit alleging that it discriminated against deaf and hard-of-hearing prospective residents by not providing American Sign Language interpreters...
Choose: Medical or social model, Mace says
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Lois A. Bowers
Oct 05, 2015
Senior living operators must decide whether they want to offer a medical model, a social model or a hybrid, says National Investment Center for Seniors Housing and Care Chief Economist Beth Mace.
More staffing, training could reduce deaths from dementia-related resident-on-resident incidents, researcher...
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Lois A. Bowers
Jun 11, 2018
Addressing staffing and training issues could help reduce the number of deaths from resident-on-resident incidents involving assisted living and nursing home residents with dementia, says the author of...
5 keys to integrated care delivery in senior living
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Lois A. Bowers
Mar 09, 2018
Maria Nadelstumph of Brandywine Living shared with attendees at the NIC Spring Investment Forum what her company had learned when seeking partners to help integrate care delivery into service offerings...
Assisted living operator involved in record-breaking $1.3 billion healthcare fraud takedown
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Lois A. Bowers
Jul 13, 2017
A Florida home health agency paid kickbacks to the owner of three assisted living communities and others in exchange for referrals that resulted in more than $3 million in fraudulent Medicare payments,...
Senior housing occupancy stable and ‘moving in the right direction’
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Lois A. Bowers
Apr 12, 2019
The occupancy rate for senior housing across the United States in the first quarter of 2019 increased 0.1 percentage point from the previous quarter, to 88.1%, according to data released Thursday by the...
OIG: Assisted living hospice care payment reform a top priority
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Lois A. Bowers
Apr 20, 2016
Reducing financial incentives for hospices to target some Medicare beneficiaries living in assisted living communities should be a top priority for CMS, according to a new report from the HHS Office of...