Senior living CEO named director of Oklahoma’s largest state agency
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jun 07, 2019
Justin Brown, CEO of Choice Capital Partners, the ownership entity for Villagio Senior Living, has been named director of the Oklahoma Department of Human Services, which has approximately 7,000 employees...
Presidential candidate Klobuchar shares experience with assisted living as Minnesota legislation heads...
By
Lois A. Bowers
May 21, 2019
As legislators in her home state of Minnesota passed a landmark bill related to assisted living and memory care, U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar, seeking to win the Democratic nomination in the race for president,...
Assisted living licensure a step closer to reality in Minnesota
By
Lois A. Bowers
May 17, 2019
Senior living organizations, regulators and consumer advocates on Tuesday finalized an agreement about licensing assisted living facilities for the first time in Minnesota, completing a two-year process.
Legislation ‘strikes important balance’ in overhaul of CCRC contracts, provider groups say
By
Lois A. Bowers
May 06, 2019
Florida law regarding continuing care retirement community contracts is poised to change after the Friday passage of HB 1033 by the state legislature. The bill now heads to the governor’s desk, where...
Washington on verge of becoming first state to offer public long-term care insurance program
By
Lois A. Bowers
Apr 22, 2019
Washington may become the first state to offer workers a long-term care insurance program into which they would pay to help offset assisted living and other costs.
Florida assisted living communities challenged by staffing, Medicaid, study confirms
By
Lois A. Bowers
Apr 16, 2019
Staffing and Medicaid reimbursement were two pressing issues for operators that emerged from a recent survey commissioned by the Florida Assisted Living Association, the organization’s CEO, Shaddrick...
Elder advocates call for more funding for assisted living
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Lois A. Bowers
Apr 10, 2019
Minnesota consumer advocates on Tuesday told state legislators to put their money where their mouths are and provide “substantial funding increases” for elder care in addition to bringing their plans...
Utah’s Silver Alert program to go into effect later this year
By
Lois A. Bowers
Apr 09, 2019
Utah’s Silver Alert program, designed to help locate older adults with dementia who are missing, was signed into law by Gov. Gary Herbert on March 21 and is expected to go into effect later this year.
Another state looks at requiring generators in assisted living communities
By
Lois A. Bowers
Apr 04, 2019
Assisted living communities in North Carolina would be required to have generators for use during power outages under a bill being considered by state legislators.
North Dakota could be next state with law regulating cameras in assisted living, nursing homes
By
Lois A. Bowers
Apr 01, 2019
North Dakota inched closer last week to becoming the next state with a law requiring assisted living communities and nursing homes to honor resident requests to use electronic monitoring equipment in their...