Seniors a reason to block health insurance mega-mergers, Justice Department says
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jul 21, 2016
Senior citizens risk facing higher prices, lower quality care, and reduced benefits and access to wellness programs if the planned mergers of Anthem and Cigna as well as Aetna and Humana are approved,...
People in the news, July 12
By
Nicole Blanchard
Jul 12, 2022
Appointments, promotions and other news at Cadence Living, Chicago Pacific Founders, Christian Horizons, Cypress Living, Dining RD, Epoch Senior Living, Ingleside, Kendal Corp., Kentucky Senior Living...
Oct. 9, earn a CE credit while learning how to improve worker retention, lower costs
By
Lois A. Bowers
Sep 26, 2019
Earn a continuing education credit Wednesday, Oct. 9, at a McKnight’s Senior Living webinar while learning how providers are transforming the employee experience to improve retention, decrease costs...
Medicaid proposals could harm individuals, burden healthcare system, CEOs say
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jun 20, 2017
The 74 million lower-income, disabled and older adults who rely on Medicaid for their healthcare coverage could be harmed, and the healthcare system unduly burdened, under current proposals to replace...
Assisted living occupancy drops to record low in second quarter
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jul 13, 2018
The occupancy rate for assisted living continued its downward trend in the second quarter, falling lower than last quarter’s record-low average of 85.7% to a low of 85.2%, according to data released...
Welltower, Hines break ground on Manhattan assisted living high-rise
By
Lois A. Bowers
Mar 07, 2018
Real estate investment trust Welltower and international real estate firm Hines officially broke ground Monday for a 16-story, 130,000-square-foot tower that will house Midtown Manhattan’s first...
Latest senior living stats reason to be ‘cautiously optimistic’ about comeback from pandemic
By
Lois A. Bowers
Oct 08, 2021
The latest NIC MAP quarterly data, released Thursday, provide reasons to be “cautiously optimistic” about the senior living industry’s comeback from the pandemic, National Investment Center for Seniors...
More news for Monday, Jan. 23
Jan 22, 2017
Seniors welcome new, battery-powered friends … LifeSpan president talks future of senior care … Women’s cognitive decline begins earlier than previously believed … Older adults...
Heart disease, cancer, Alzheimer’s top list of older adult death causes
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jul 08, 2019
Heart disease, cancer and Alzheimer’s disease were the three leading causes of death for those aged 85 or more years in 2017, according to a newly released report from the Centers for Disease Control...
State-specific guides address money management
By
Lois A. Bowers
Sep 02, 2015
The federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has begun issuing state-specific guides for those who manage other people’s finances.