Rising insurance rates, inferior products unsustainable for housing providers: LeadingAge … Moving everyday keeps the doctor away … Estimated pricing model meant to provide transparency across senior...
Home Helpers Home Care poised for historic changes with Cared-4 service suite
By
Diane Eastabrook
Aug 26, 2021
Against the backdrop of a proposed $3.5 trillion federal budget aimed at driving more senior care into the home, Home Helpers Home Care is launching a new suite of services that could help it take advantage...
Fall death rate increasing 4.9% annually
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Lois A. Bowers
Sep 08, 2017
The death rate from unintentional falls for adults aged 65 or more years has been increasing an average of 4.9% per year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
148 assisted living workers will share in $5.5 million wage theft settlement
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Dec 21, 2023
Almost 150 senior living caregivers in California will share in a $5.5 million settlement, the state’s largest judgment in a residential care facility wage theft case.
Home Care briefs for Friday, March 26
By
Joe Jancsurak
Mar 26, 2021
Home care workers in 16 cities Thursday demand Biden invest $450B in caregiving … Novus Hospice CEO pleads guilty to healthcare fraud … University of Cincinnati researchers invent telehealth...
CMS’ spending requirement in HCBS rule ‘not the right approach,’ senior living advocates say
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jul 06, 2023
A proposal that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services says is meant to “support and stabilize the direct care workforce” in home- and community-based settings, if it becomes final, ultimately...
CDC: Life expectancy increases for some
By
Lois A. Bowers
Apr 20, 2016
A new data brief about life expectancy from the CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics arrives one week after a study that found that Americans are living longer but in poorer health.
People in the news, Sept 21
By
Caroline Szachnowski
Sep 21, 2021
Appointments and promotions at Senior Living Residences, Westmont Living, Wesley Enhanced Living, Ridgeline Management Co., Oak Crest, Juniper Village, Stevenson Oaks, Masonic Homes Kentucky, Friendship,...
Recent college graduate spends summer as senior living resident
By
Meredith Beirne
Aug 13, 2018
Kari Grindberg, a 22-year-old recent college graduate, may change her career plans after spending a summer as a resident of the WesleyLife retirement community in Pella, IA.
Senior living professionals from around the world share COVID-19 lessons learned
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jun 25, 2020
COVID-19 has had a huge impact on senior living and care operators around the world, and every country is at a different stage of reopening. But commonalities have surfaced in the experience, no matter...