Senior living operators must decide whether they want to offer a medical model, a social model or a hybrid, says National Investment Center for Seniors Housing and Care Chief Economist Beth Mace.
More staffing, training could reduce deaths from dementia-related resident-on-resident incidents, researcher...
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Lois A. Bowers
Jun 11, 2018
Addressing staffing and training issues could help reduce the number of deaths from resident-on-resident incidents involving assisted living and nursing home residents with dementia, says the author of...
5 keys to integrated care delivery in senior living
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Lois A. Bowers
Mar 09, 2018
Maria Nadelstumph of Brandywine Living shared with attendees at the NIC Spring Investment Forum what her company had learned when seeking partners to help integrate care delivery into service offerings...
Assisted living operator involved in record-breaking $1.3 billion healthcare fraud takedown
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Lois A. Bowers
Jul 13, 2017
A Florida home health agency paid kickbacks to the owner of three assisted living communities and others in exchange for referrals that resulted in more than $3 million in fraudulent Medicare payments,...
Senior housing occupancy stable and ‘moving in the right direction’
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Lois A. Bowers
Apr 12, 2019
The occupancy rate for senior housing across the United States in the first quarter of 2019 increased 0.1 percentage point from the previous quarter, to 88.1%, according to data released Thursday by the...
OIG: Assisted living hospice care payment reform a top priority
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Lois A. Bowers
Apr 20, 2016
Reducing financial incentives for hospices to target some Medicare beneficiaries living in assisted living communities should be a top priority for CMS, according to a new report from the HHS Office of...
3 tools to reduce hospitalizations, ED visits among assisted living residents
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Lois A. Bowers
Dec 01, 2015
Three tools that have shown success in improving the quality of care provided to skilled nursing residents also work well for residents of assisted living communities, according to new research.
Florida assisted living communities challenged by staffing, Medicaid, study confirms
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Lois A. Bowers
Apr 16, 2019
Staffing and Medicaid reimbursement were two pressing issues for operators that emerged from a recent survey commissioned by the Florida Assisted Living Association, the organization’s CEO, Shaddrick...
Report calls for regulatory changes to address acuity, staffing challenges
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Lois A. Bowers
May 30, 2017
Many challenges faced by assisted living communities in a populous state can be attributed to staffing requirements that have not kept pace with resident needs that are increasing in acuity, according...
What’s ahead for seniors housing in 2016
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Lois A. Bowers
Jan 10, 2016
Demand for seniors housing will continue in 2016, NIC’s chief economist predicts, but assisted living operators and investors have reason for caution.