The senior living trend we’re not hearing enough about
By
John O'Connor
Feb 08, 2024
There’s something happening in Carbondale, IL, that the senior living field might want to pay attention to. Especially operators mulling their next strategic move.
Maybe it’s time for senior living to slow down
By
John O'Connor
Oct 06, 2022
Before you rip up and revise your 2023 strategic plan, here’s something you should seriously consider doing: nothing.
Worse than a bad plan for senior living
By
John O'Connor
Jun 23, 2022
The results of a new survey might scare senior living providers, but they also represent an opportunity.
Senior living’s challenge of omission and commission
By
John O'Connor
Sep 22, 2022
Long-term care could be made better with funding from Congress. But for now, it appears we’ll have to settle for a congressional commission.
You don’t want federal rules? So what’s your plan?
By
John O'Connor
Nov 26, 2018
It’s just a matter of time until federal rules are put in place, for two likely reasons.
Foolproof advice for senior living success, unless I’m wrong
By
John O'Connor
Jun 13, 2019
Follow those three directives and you’ll probably end up just fine. Which sure beats ending up behind bars.
Falls can cost more than an arm and a leg
By
John O'Connor
Oct 31, 2014
Long-term care operators have many good reasons to keep resident falls to an absolute minimum. Yet it’s amazing how blasé we’ve become about the damage that falls inflict.
When justices court trouble
By
John O'Connor
Jul 27, 2023
The Supreme Court made two recent rulings that just might have a major impact on senior living’s future.
Open source online tool may offer help
By
John O'Connor
Dec 01, 2014
As operators re-gear for the ICD-10 changes to hit in 2015, researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago have developed a free online tool to help operators determine where more time and effort...
Telemonitoring savings not significant
By
John O'Connor
Jun 01, 2015
Despite new research suggesting that a majority of U.S. adults — 56% — now embrace using a connected device at home to monitor health and share data with caregivers, telemedicine might not be the savior...