Proposed licensure changes would increase costs for assisted living providers
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 04, 2024
New Jersey’s proposed switch from one set of licensure standards for assisted living communities and personal care homes to another may or may not bode well for providers, but one thing is certain —...
Current federal efforts targeting care economy ‘miss the mark,’ industry advocates say
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 10, 2024
As a kickoff to Caregivers Month, President Biden spoke Tuesday about the “care economy” at Washington, DC’s Union Station, celebrating the contributions of care workers across the country. Senior...
People in the news, July 30
By
Eliza Mattson
Jul 30, 2024
Appointments, promotions and other news at 2Life Communities, Buckner Retirement Services, CareWork, Christian Village Communities, Edgemere, Experience Senior Living, Hebrew SeniorLife, IntegraCare, Isakson...
Researchers implore policymakers to consider assisted living’s ‘unique’ structure before potentially...
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jun 20, 2024
A team of researchers embarking on a four-year study into understanding the characteristics of assisted living communities that are targets for private equity investment — and how those acquisitions...
Residency should not determine access to emergency services, including lift assists, leaders say
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
May 07, 2024
The senior living industry is pushing back against a Washington Post story about senior living providers’ use of 911 for lift assists, saying that where an older adult lives should not determine whether...
Kendal CEO Vassar Byrd discusses Kendal, her previous position and ‘some really fun things’
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jun 24, 2024
New Kendal Corp. CEO Vassar Byrd recently spent a few minutes with McKnight’s Senior Living discussing her professional roles, her love of dragon boat racing, and how the those two worlds could overlap.
Actions & Transactions, June 6
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jun 06, 2024
Cogir of Kirkland in Washington plans grand opening … SLIB brokers sale of senior living community in Arkansas
Actions & Transactions, June 28
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jun 28, 2024
Tutera, Shelbourne hold cut ribbon for $55M senior living community in Chesterfield, MO … Pinnacle Living, Spring Arbor Senior Living transition 2 communities to Pinnacle … Berkadia negotiates sale...
Analytics firm takes on EHR giant PointClickCare in ‘life and death’ information-sharing lawsuit
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jun 14, 2024
Real Time Medical Systems has asked a federal judge to force the nation’s largest post-acute EHR provider to keep its clients’ data accessible, saying information-blocking “will cause needless patient...
Less than one-quarter of patients hospitalized for CVD receive dietary counseling
Jun 18, 2024
The findings were seen across hospitalizations for acute myocardial infarction, congestive heart failure and percutaneous coronary intervention.