Maryland announces plan to stop funding nursing home COVID-19 testing, prompting industry outcry
By
Amy Novotney
Jul 30, 2020
Costs related to coronavirus testing forced Maryland state leaders to peg August 15 as the date the state will no longer be able to pick up the tab for mandatory weekly COVID-19 testing of nursing home...
How we market CCRC living in a COVID-19 hot spot
By
Eric L. Eichhorst
Jul 20, 2020
Although the methods we use to market senior living have changed, they never have been more essential to supporting seniors seeking to escape isolation and gain added services and socialization benefits.
Move-in acceleration within seniors housing at highest level since late March: NIC survey
By
Amy Novotney
Jul 14, 2020
Pent-up demand from residents and families as well as the easing of COVID-19-related move-in restrictions freeing up a backlog of pre-pandemic planned move-ins has pushed move-in acceleration to its highest...
Meet Maribeth Bersani, Hall of Fame inductee
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jul 01, 2020
Maribeth Bersani, chief operating officer of Argentum, is a member of the 2020 McKnight’s Women of Distinction Hall of Honor.
Campaign urges Congress to end ‘national nightmare’ of COVID-19 and protect residents, caregivers
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jun 18, 2020
The country’s top leaders are ignoring and walking away from its older residents while trying “to convince us a life or death problem we are coping with each day is just not there,” LeadingAge President...
LeadingAge calls on HUD to release millions earmarked for affordable senior housing
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jun 10, 2020
Critically needed COVID-19 relief funds provided by the CARES Act for affordable senior housing are long overdue to ensure the safety of at-risk populations and staff, according to LeadingAge.
Senior living CEO, NCAL board member fired over protest-related remark on social media
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jun 08, 2020
The president and CEO of a not-for-profit independent living and assisted living community has been fired from his job and removed from industry boards following a post from a private social media account...
COVID-19 pushed SNF occupancy to lowest levels since 2012 in March: NIC
By
Amy Novotney
Jun 02, 2020
Skilled nursing occupancy numbers suffered their biggest hit since 2012 in March, as the initial effects of the COVID-19 pandemic began to set in. According to monthly data released Monday from the National...
‘Smart’ COVID-19 testing strategy needed for senior living, paper asserts
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
May 27, 2020
“Smart” COVID-19 testing protocols are needed to mitigate infection rates in senior living communities, a new white paper states, and Argentum and the senior living operators it represents are looking...
Pandemic has distinct effects for independent living and middle-market senior living operators, REITs...
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Lois A. Bowers
May 11, 2020
Operators of independent living communities and operators of senior living communities targeting middle-income individuals have experienced the COVID-19 pandemic in ways that differ from other senior living...