Senior living and care represented among Inc. 5000 fastest-growing private companies
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Aug 14, 2024
Numerous senior living and care-related companies made the 2024 Inc. 5000 list of America’s fastest-growing private companies, released Tuesday.
Routine clinical laboratory measures are not biomarkers of long COVID
Aug 13, 2024
No meaningful differences in mean laboratory values were seen between those with a PASC index of 12 or higher versus 0.
Sonida Senior Living sees occupancy record, acquires 9 communities
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Aug 13, 2024
Dallas-based Sonida Senior Living saw the highest occupancy in the history of its same-store portfolio and made “considerable” progress on its other growth initiatives, too, in the second quarter,...
Dementia care education equips staff to create better interactions, outcomes
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Aug 13, 2024
Senior living communities should invest in dementia care education to better equip staff members with the skills they need to create better interactions and outcomes.
Personalized health coaching may improve cognition, lower dementia risk in high-risk older adults
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Aug 13, 2024
Personalized dementia risk reduction intervention plans improved cognition and reduced dementia risk among high-risk older adults in a study detailed recently in JAMA Internal Medicine.
Confidence, savvy about retirement savings a ‘promising sign’
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Aug 13, 2024
With inflation slowly easing, workers are more confident in their ability to reach financial goals in retirement than they were a year ago, according to the results of a survey recently released by Charles...
Brookdale Senior Living continues pandemic recovery with occupancy, labor improvements
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Aug 12, 2024
Brookdale Senior Living’s continued COVID-19 pandemic recovery in the second quarter was highlighted by occupancy gains, improvements in leadership retention and associate turnover, and the implementation...
Senior living’s ‘bright future’ is built one promise at a time
By
Lois A. Bowers
Aug 12, 2024
Fee Stubblefield, founder and CEO of Oregon-based The Springs Living, recently spent time with
McKnight’s Senior Living to share insights into tackling senior living’s biggest challenges, making communities...
Meet Melinda Skirvin, 2024 Hall of Honor inductee
By
Foster Stubbs
Aug 12, 2024
Melinda Skirvin, vice president – chief wellness officer – clinical at Five Star Senior Living in Newton, MA, is a Hall of Honor inductee in the 2024 McKnight’s Women of Distinction awards...
National Healthcare Corp., Brookdale report second-quarter results
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Aug 12, 2024
Brookdale Senior Living held a second-quarter earnings call Friday morning, and National Healthcare Corp. reported second-quarter financials electronically.