Ascension Living’s new chief medical officer is striving to make things better. McKnight’s Senior Living spends a few minutes with Kevin O’Neil, M.D.
Welltower settlement delays start of former executive at HCP
By
Lois A. Bowers
Nov 08, 2017
Welltower has settled a lawsuit against a former employee, and the terms will push back his start date with a competitor about two months, executives said Tuesday. During an earnings call, they also discussed...
What’s needed for the future of senior living
By
Lois A. Bowers
Sep 12, 2016
Eleven people share what they believe is needed for senior living success in the future.
New perks that really do work
By
Lois A. Bowers
Apr 19, 2018
It’s no secret that recruiting and retaining employees is the biggest challenge facing senior living and long-term care operators. Sometimes it takes some creativity to stand out to current and prospective...
Brookdale Senior Living says preliminary financial data ‘favorable’ in first quarter
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Apr 12, 2023
Brookdale Senior Living’s preliminary financial results for the first quarter are “favorable,” the Brentwood, TN-based says
Brookdale sees 25 consecutive months of occupancy growth as of November
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Dec 11, 2023
Brentwood, TN-based Brookdale Senior Living wrapped up November with its 25th consecutive month of year-over-year weighted average occupancy growth, the company reported Friday.
$4 billion increase in Alzheimer’s funding needed to prevent ‘catastrophe,’ coalition with provider...
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jul 11, 2023
Funding the national response to Alzheimer’s and related dementias is a “national priority, economic and budgetary necessity, health and moral imperative,” according to a coalition of 360 organizations...
LTC Properties defers or abates $2 million in rent as operators feel ‘some stress’
By
Lois A. Bowers
May 02, 2022
Long-term care operators felt “some stress” in the first quarter as they continued to confront labor pressures and inflation, LTC Properties Chairman and CEO Wendy Simpson said Friday during the Westlake...
Brookdale finds itself in the midst of another federal inquiry, this time about skilled nursing
By
Lois A. Bowers
May 07, 2024
The country’s largest senior living company on Sunday found itself the subject of an inquiry related to a new federal mandate for minimum staffing at nursing homes. Brookdale Senior Living President...
Sharing lessons from the pandemic
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jun 06, 2022
Brookdale Senior Living President and CEO Lucinda “Cindy” Baier discusses her new book, “Heroes Work Here: An Extraordinary Story of Courage, Resilience and Hope from the Front Lines of COVID-19.”