Almost 40% of residential care aides live in low-income households: report
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Sep 09, 2020
Direct care workers, including residential care aides who work in assisted living communities, have been elevated to “hero” status during the COVID-19 public health crisis. New research, however, indicates...
Survey reveals barriers to end-of-life, advance care planning discussions
By
Lois A. Bowers
Apr 14, 2016
A new survey reveals barriers to discussions about end-of-life and advance care planning, areas recently identified as priorities for assisted living by an AMDA committee.
Senior living’s grand illusion needs a reality check
By
John O'Connor
Dec 02, 2021
Senior living suffers from a grand illusion problem. Even in 2021, many of its practitioners insist it is primarily in the hospitality — rather than the healthcare — sector.
‘Unconscionable’: Senior living eliminated from COVID relief package
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Feb 26, 2021
With the possibility that President Biden’s $1.9 trillion stimulus bill could come to the House of Representatives for a vote as early as today, senior living industry leaders are sounding the alarm...
Meet Nemse Paguntalan, Veteran VIP honoree
By
Chloe Konrad
Aug 09, 2021
Nemse Paguntalan, assistant director of nursing, Fellowship Senior Living, Basking Ridge, NJ, is in the 2021 class of the McKnight’s Women of Distinction as a Veteran VIP.
Meet Denise Chadwick-Wright, Hall of Honor inductee
By
Emma Baumgartel
Jul 09, 2021
Denise Chadwick-Wright, CEO of Birmingham Green in Manassas, VA, is a member of the 2021 Hall of Honor of the McKnight’s Women of Distinction.
Operator joins national immunization pilot program to prevent disease, improve care, reduce costs
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jul 29, 2022
Improving the care experience in senior living and other long-term care settings by improving care quality while reducing costs is the goal of one senior living organization participating in a federal...
One new law requires operators to provide tech for residents; another supports access to dementia screening...
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Oct 07, 2021
Assisted living operators in California will be required to provide video conferencing devices for residents under legislation signed into law on Monday. Another new law provides older adults in the Golden...
Slow recovery leads to healthcare spending decline for first time in 50+ years
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jul 28, 2022
For the first time in more than 50 years, inflation-adjusted healthcare spending declined, according to a research brief published Wednesday by research and consulting organization Altarum.
Mandate overreach? Rhode Island offers cautionary tale
By
Liza Berger
Sep 03, 2021
It seems to me that we could use a standardized healthcare policy regarding mandates right about now.