Wages complicate housing for senior living workers: report
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jun 15, 2018
Senior living communities and long-term care facilities employ workers in job categories that are expected to be among the fastest-growing types over the next 10 years, according to projections from the...
421,000 COVID tests headed to assisted living communities from the federal government
By
Lois A. Bowers
Nov 17, 2020
The federal government will send more than 421,000 rapid-results antigen COVID-19 tests to assisted living communities this week, Admiral Brett P. Giroir, M.D., assistant secretary for health at the U.S....
New Jersey mandates paid sick leave
By
Lois A. Bowers
May 08, 2018
New Jersey has enacted what the state’s governor says is one of the most expansive paid sick leave programs in the country.
Fire death prompts lawsuit
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jun 19, 2016
The daughter of a Georgia senior living community resident who died in a fire there a year ago filed a lawsuit Thursday against the community and its parent company, builder, property manager and night...
70+ Elmcroft properties to see management, ownership changes, Ventas says
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Lois A. Bowers
Oct 30, 2017
More than 70 Elmcroft Senior Living properties currently in Ventas’ portfolio will be transitioned to a new management company led by a former Holiday Retirement and HCP executive early next year,...
Daily low-dose aspirin has no effect on healthy life span in older adults: study
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Lois A. Bowers
Sep 17, 2018
Daily low-dose aspirin did not prolong healthy, independent living — that is, life free of dementia or persistent physical disability — in a large clinical study undertaken to determine the risks and...
‘Stay tuned’ as Welltower devises more affordable products for the middle market, CEO says
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jun 06, 2019
Although Welltower has “curated” its seniors housing portfolio to focus on properties in “high barrier-to-entry markets,” the real estate investment trust is aware that middle-income individuals...
Humans have reached maximum life span, researchers say
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Lois A. Bowers
Oct 10, 2016
Improvements in public health, diet, the environment and other factors may have taken humans as far as they can go when it comes to life span, according to the authors of a new study.
Study finds relationship between falls, car crashes in older adults
By
Lois A. Bowers
Sep 15, 2017
Older adults who have fallen are 40% more likely to crash their cars than those who have not fallen, according to a new review of 15 studies of driving behavior involving almost 47,000 older adults.
Death rate for those 85+ increases ‘significantly,’ CDC says
By
Lois A. Bowers
Nov 30, 2018
The death rate for those aged 85 or more years increased “significantly” between 2016 and 2017, according to new statistics from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Center for...