Here’s a look at some of the news that occupied many minds in senior living over the past year.
Operator enhances security after intruder rapes resident
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jun 25, 2017
A senior living operator says it has enhanced security measures at one of its communities in Texas after an 88-year-old resident was raped by an intruder.
Senior housing and care acquisitions set record in 2019
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jan 17, 2020
2019 saw a total of 447 deals in the senior housing and care sector, a full-year record and 5% higher than the 2018 total of 426 deals.
Brookdale takes steps to address potential financial repercussions of COVID-19; withdraws 2020 guidance
By
Amy Novotney
Mar 19, 2020
Brookdale Senior Living, the country’s largest senior living company, is withdrawing its financial outlook for the coming year as a result of uncertainty and increased expenses due to the COVID-19...
Big senior living stories of 2021
By
Lois A. Bowers
Dec 22, 2021
2021 began with the hope that the new COVID-19 vaccine being rolled out to assisted living communities and nursing homes would help control a pandemic that had caused so much illness, death, loneliness,...
Brookdale Senior Living sells Manhattan community to Ventas for $194 million
By
Lois A. Bowers
Aug 21, 2018
Brookdale Senior Living will sell its Brookdale Battery Park independent living community in Manhattan to real estate investment trust Ventas for approximately $194 million, the companies announced Monday.
Brookdale Senior Living announces annual meeting date, prepares for proxy contest
By
Lois A. Bowers
Sep 19, 2019
Brookdale Senior Living’s annual meeting will be Oct. 29, the company said in a Wednesday filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission of definitive proxy materials that include arguments to shareholders...
Argentum announces apprenticeship, workforce data service and more
By
Lois A. Bowers
Apr 17, 2019
The first-ever national apprenticeship for nursing assistants and other caregivers in senior living and a new data service to help operators with their staffing plans were among the announcements Tuesday...
Daughter sues operator after mother dies on bus after outing
By
Lois A. Bowers
Oct 13, 2016
A Tulsa, OK, senior living community is being sued by the daughter of a resident whose body was found on the community’s bus the day after she went on an outing with fellow residents.
Facebook nuptials
Dec 20, 2017
Visitors to the Brookdale New Braunfels Facebook page on Wednesday were treated to the wedding of residents Ann Hoover and Allen Seelhammer.