McKnight’s Senior Living survey: 75% report PPE shortages in senior living communities
By
Lois A. Bowers
Apr 07, 2020
As many areas of the United States anticipate a coming surge in COVID-19 cases, three-fourths of respondents to a new McKnight’s Senior Living editorial survey report shortages of personal protective...
Limit visitors to address ‘significant challenge’ of COVID-19, AHCA / NCAL says; Argentum, Brookdale...
By
Lois A. Bowers
Mar 11, 2020
Assisted living communities should limit access to only those individuals who are critical to the operational or care needs of their buildings in order to prevent “dire consequences” that could result...
Survey suggests challenges with life plan community name, despite industry support
By
Lois A. Bowers
Aug 12, 2019
Almost four years after LeadingAge and Mather LifeWays introduced “life plan community” as an alternative name for “continuing care retirement community,” more education may be needed for prospective...
Five Star finances raise doubts about future, CEO says
By
Lois A. Bowers
Nov 14, 2018
BREAKING NEWS — Five Star Senior Living’s financial situation raises “substantial doubt on our ability to continue as a going concern,” CEO Bruce Mackey said Wednesday morning during the company’s...
Atria in spotlight as staff members carry out Irma response plan
By
Lois A. Bowers
Sep 13, 2017
Atria Senior Living was in the public eye Monday night as TV talk show host Jimmy Kimmel interviewed actress Kristen Bell against a backdrop of residents who had been evacuated to the hotel where she was...
‘It’s a good time for me to retire,’ Capital Senior Living’s Larry Cohen says
By
Lois A. Bowers
Aug 23, 2018
As Larry Cohen winds down his time as Capital Senior Living CEO, he shares with McKnight’s Senior Living what he is most proud of, lessons learned from the past and thoughts on what’s in store...
‘We’re all trying to make a better industry,’ Lifetime Achievement Award winner says
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
May 16, 2022
Connections to people from all walks of life can launch careers, according to the McKnight’s Women of Distinction 2022 Lifetime Achievement Award honoree.
People in the news, March 7
Mar 07, 2017
Appointments, awards and promotions involving Amber Court Assisted Living, the American College of Health Care Administrators, Asbury Communities, Brightview Senior Living, Dominion Senior Living, Memory...
House task force introduces Older Americans Bill of Rights
By
Lois A. Bowers
Mar 02, 2020
A new “Older Americans Bill of Rights” introduced in the House has four pillars: guaranteeing access to affordable, equitable and comprehensive healthcare; financial and retirement security for seniors...
Supreme Court sends salary history case back to appeals court
By
Lois A. Bowers
Feb 26, 2019
The Supreme Court has returned to the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals a case in which judges had ruled that employers cannot use salary histories as justification for paying female employees less than...