Artificial intelligence helps Sunrise improve one-year retention rate by 14%
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jan 30, 2019
Artificial intelligence has helped McLean, VA-based Sunrise Senior Living improve one-year employee retention at 265 of its U.S. communities by 14%, according to Vice President of Human Resources Mike...
Older adults more likely to have multiple ailments compared with prior generations
By
Amy Novotney
Jun 14, 2022
Later-born generations of older adults in the United States are more likely to have a greater number of chronic health conditions than the generations that preceded them, according to a study conducted...
A spokesperson for Atria Senior Living told McKnight’s Senior Living that the provider is offering “sincerest condolences” to the family of a 93-year-old resident who died after mistakenly being...
Ensuring right post-hospital destination for assisted living residents requires deeper service knowledge:...
By
Alicia Lasek
Feb 03, 2022
Ensuring the best post-acute care outcomes for assisted living residents will require an improved understanding of the long-term care services landscape among hospital clinicians and discharge workers,...
You call this a plan to reduce nursing homes?
By
John O'Connor
Dec 12, 2014
It appears that a federal effort to downsize nursing homes might end up doing just the opposite.
Safe and secure
By
Julie E. Williamson
Oct 01, 2015
Wandering itself will not necessarily pose harm to a resident. But when it takes place in an environment that is unsafe, the risk of injury or death rises exponentially.
Minnesota adjusts assisted living licensure law a year after implementation
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jul 08, 2022
A year after Minnesota’s assisted living licensure law went into effect, lawmakers have made several technical changes governing affected communities.
Provider celebrates 130th anniversary by introducing new lifestyle programming
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jul 06, 2022
Arlington Heights, IL-based Lutheran Life Communities is celebrating its 130th anniversary by introducing new lifestyle programming for residents of its four retirement communities across Illinois and...
How best to protect home health aides and patients? That’s a $2.5 million question
By
Kimberly Marselas
Oct 04, 2020
Improving health and safety to bolster home health workforce recruitment and retention is the goal of a new, $2.48 million research endeavor at the Safe Home Care Project of UMass Lowell.
Help coupled residents by focusing on individual and shared needs
By
Lois A. Bowers
Dec 07, 2016
Senior living communities can support residents who are part of couples by focusing on their individual needs as well as their shared needs, according to the results of a recent study.