Presidential candidate Klobuchar shares experience with assisted living as Minnesota legislation heads...
By
Lois A. Bowers
May 21, 2019
As legislators in her home state of Minnesota passed a landmark bill related to assisted living and memory care, U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar, seeking to win the Democratic nomination in the race for president,...
Alleged killer who preyed on senior living residents faces 11 new murder charges
By
Lois A. Bowers
May 17, 2019
A man already charged for an attack at a senior living community and the murder of an elderly woman elsewhere now faces 11 new capital murder charges in Texas.
Senior living community considering legal options after $6 million verdict in resident death case
By
Lois A. Bowers
May 16, 2019
An executive director says her Florida senior living community is considering its legal options after a jury awarded $6 million to family members of a former resident whom they alleged died after falling...
Senior Housing Properties Trust to sell stand-alone SNFs, proceed with Five Star restructuring as planned
By
Lois A. Bowers
May 10, 2019
Senior Housing Properties Trust is selling all of its stand-alone skilled nursing facilities as part of an “aggressive disposition plan,” but hopes to capitalize on the expected demand for senior housing,...
Ensign says ‘it’s the right time’ to spin off senior living, home health and hospice businesses
By
Lois A. Bowers
May 08, 2019
With favorable market conditions, the infrastructure in place and a prepared organization and leadership, the time was right to spin off Ensign’s home health and hospice agencies, along with most of...
People in the news, May 7
May 07, 2019
Appointments, promotions and other personnel news at Affinity Living Group, Atlas Senior Living, Benchmark Senior Living, Capitol Seniors Housing, Five Star Senior Living, HCP, Integral Senior Living,...
HHS says new rule allows healthcare workers, organizations to honor religious and moral principles in...
By
Lois A. Bowers
May 03, 2019
Individual healthcare workers as well as healthcare organizations can decline to provide care that conflicts with their religious and moral beliefs or mission under a final rule issued Thursday by the...
Morning exercise can improve older adults’ decision-making throughout day
By
Lois A. Bowers
May 02, 2019
Here’s information your residents and employees can use: Moderate-intensity exercise in the morning improves cognitive performance, such as decision-making, in older adults throughout the day compared...
People in the news, April 30
Apr 30, 2019
A Place for Mom names CEO, and other appointments and promotions at Benchmark Senior Living, EarlySense, Encompass Group, Enquire, Friendship, Harbor’s Edge, The Kenwood by Senior Star, Legacy Pointe...
54 percent of middle-income seniors could need housing, care help by 2029, NIC-funded study finds
By
Lois A. Bowers
Apr 24, 2019
Fifty-four percent of the 14.4 million middle-income older adults in 2029 in the United States will lack the financial resources to pay for senior housing and care, and a combination of public and private...