Campaign highlights benefits of senior living versus home
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 26, 2022
Benchmark Senior Living has debuted a new advertising campaign promoting the social opportunities that senior living residents experience compared with older adults isolating at home alone.
Black-white disparities persist for cardiovascular mortality
Aug 03, 2022
Two studies show increased cardiovascular mortality for Black versus white adults in a nationwide analysis and the MESA sample.
New report shares way to ‘own’ the middle market
By
Lois A. Bowers
Oct 02, 2019
A new report offers a formula that senior living operators, developers and investors can use if they want to serve middle income older adults. Or at least “food for thought,” one author told...
CCRC residents enjoy luau
Aug 26, 2015
Residents of Tallgrass Creek, an Erickson Living community in Overland Park, KS, recently took to the photo booth during the retirement community’s Luau and Family Fun Day. Read on to learn how to...
More news for Thursday, July 5
Jul 05, 2018
Accused unlicensed nurse ordered to stop and facing charges 20 months after assisted living resident’s family complained … Judge vacates death penalty for man sentenced a decade ago for rape...
Grammy winner eyes opening assisted living communities, employing college graduates
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Dec 17, 2021
A 26-year-old Grammy winner said she intends to stay true to her word and open an assisted living community in her hometown of Houston, as well as provide employment opportunities to recent college graduates.
Hurricane housing
By
Caroline Szachnowski
Sep 22, 2021
When Hurricane Ida hit southern Louisiana Aug. 29, Laketown Village, an assisted living and memory care community in Kenner, LA, managed by Pegasus Senior Living, also lost power. Read more, and find out...
Nine monkeypox cases confirmed in United States
May 27, 2022
The CDC is working to learn how each of the nine patients contracted the virus.
Cerebral venous sinus rhrombosis rate up after Ad26.COV2.S shot
Nov 01, 2021
The postvaccination CVST rate was 5.1-fold higher among women compared with the pre-COVID-19 pandemic rate. Ad26.COV2.S is the Johnson & Johnson vaccine.
Despite pressures of pandemic, U.S. nursing school enrollment climbs
Oct 15, 2021
Enrollment in bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral nursing programs increased 5.6% from 2019 to 2020.