Illinois governor moves into veterans home that has history of Legionnaires’ cases
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jan 05, 2018
Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner on Wednesday temporarily moved into a veterans’ home in the spotlight for multiple Legionnaires’ outbreaks. The move came a day before federal health officials sent...
Senior living community for football players now set to open in 2020
By
Lois A. Bowers
Sep 05, 2017
As the regular National Football League season gets underway, the Pro Football Hall of Fame has announced that its 143-bed senior living community for retired professional football players should be complete...
Study: Resident violence against long-term care workers has become ‘normalized’
By
Lois A. Bowers
Mar 27, 2019
Violence against staff members of long-term care facilities has become “normalized,” affecting worker morale and health as well as quality of life for residents, according to the results of a new study...
Business briefs, Feb. 4
Feb 04, 2019
News from the Acts Retirement-Life Communities, American Senior Communities, Campo Felice, Douglas Wilson Companies, Kendal Corp., Masterpiece Living, Ohio Masonic Home, Senior Dining Association, Senioridy,...
Operator faces $1.5M wrongful death lawsuit over failure to conduct timely background check
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jan 29, 2021
A Kansas assisted living community is facing a $1.5 million wrongful death lawsuit alleging “grossly wanton and negligent” actions in failing to conduct a timely background check on an employee now...
States increasing assisted living regulation, with more to come: NCAL
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Sep 16, 2022
One third of states updated their assisted living requirements between 2020 and 2022, according to the National Center for Assisted Living’s “Assisted Living State Regulatory Review,” released Thursday.
CDC report details characteristics of assisted living residents
By
Lois A. Bowers
Feb 24, 2016
A new report details ADL assistance needed and other characteristics of residents of assisted living and similar residential communities.
More news for Friday, July 22
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jul 22, 2022
New division within HHS will lead pandemic response … $250,000 Alzheimer’s Foundation grant will fund research into potential new medications … TX providers encouraged to update emergency plans amid...
Assisted living directors in CCRCs see 2.95% salary bump: report
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jul 15, 2020
Directors of assisted living / personal care in retirement homes enjoyed a 2.95% average salary increase from 2019 to 2020, with pay rising from $74,934 in 2019 to $77,142 in 2020, according to the “Continuing...
Adult foster care homes need more oversight, HHS OIG says
By
Lois A. Bowers
May 22, 2019
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services said it will step up its work with states to ensure that adult foster care homes and other home- and community-based settings meet health, safety and administrative...