‘Immediate action’ needed from governors to address long-term care workforce needs during pandemic,...
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
May 22, 2020
States must take an “all-hands-on-deck” approach to helping assisted living communities and nursing homes address workforce needs during the COVID-19 pandemic, the American Health Care Association...
Home Helpers Home Care poised for historic changes with Cared-4 service suite
By
Diane Eastabrook
Aug 26, 2021
Against the backdrop of a proposed $3.5 trillion federal budget aimed at driving more senior care into the home, Home Helpers Home Care is launching a new suite of services that could help it take advantage...
Mason re-elected as NCAL chair; board gets two new members
Oct 19, 2016
Christian “Chris” Mason of Oregon was re-elected as chairman of the board of directors of the National Center for Assisted Living Wednesday at the annual meeting of the American Health Care...
AARP: 70% of adults on dementia drugs take them longer than appropriate
By
Lois A. Bowers
Aug 21, 2018
Seventy percent of adults who take medication for dementia are taking the drugs longer than deemed appropriate by clinical evidence, increasing the potential for adverse health outcomes and generating...
Provider Relief Fund reporting portal opens
Jul 02, 2021
The federal government’s Provider Relief Fund reporting portal opened Thursday.
Forty-five assisted living operators have earned 2019 Silver – Achievement in Quality Awards from the American Health Care Association and National Center for Assisted Living, AHCA / NCAL announced...
Is Alzheimer’s research about to go down a new path?
By
John O'Connor
May 07, 2019
By finding ways to prevent connection losses, the disease progression potentially could be delayed or even reversed, experts said.
And the new CCRC concept will be called…
By
John O'Connor
Oct 16, 2015
LeadingAge plans to announce a replacement term for “continuing care retirement community” during its November convention, McKnight’s Senior Living has learned.
Labor issues continue to affect long-term care construction market: report
By
Lois A. Bowers
Feb 25, 2020
A labor shortage is necessitating longer amounts of time to complete long-term care construction projects, and labor costs are rising due to annual hourly increases, overtime and labor risk, according...
LTSS will be focus of new LeadingAge – UMass Boston center
May 23, 2017
LeadingAge and the Gerontology Institute at the University of Massachusetts Boston are partnering to create the first-of-its-kind LeadingAge LTSS Center @UMass Boston, LeadingAge announced Tuesday.