Ombudsman challenges operator’s post-hurricane assessment to residents
By
Lois A. Bowers
Oct 13, 2017
A Florida senior living community operator says that a $350 extra assessment it is charging residents in the wake of Hurricane Irma is permissible under the terms of its residency agreement. The state...
Senior Insight customers now have access to Briggs forms
Oct 13, 2017
Briggs Healthcare and Senior Insight, an assisted living management software company, have partnered to provide Senior Insight customers with access to digital Briggs forms through eBriggs.
Alzheimer’s in danger of straining public funding: report
By
Lois A. Bowers
Oct 05, 2017
Social and demographic trends combined with an expected increase in the incidence of Alzheimer’s diseases due to the growing size of the aging population are in danger of colliding to strain local,...
Insignia’s communities in Puerto Rico ‘stronger than ever’ as Hurricane Maria recovery...
By
Lois A. Bowers
Oct 04, 2017
It may be quite some time before the three Insignia Senior Living communities on Puerto Rico have fully recovered from Hurricane Maria. Staff, residents’ family members, neighbors and friends are...
Seniors housing — and a whole lot more
By
Lois A. Bowers
Oct 03, 2017
Action Pact CEO Steve Shields talks about an integrated concept that just might redefine the sector.
Picky, picky, picky
By
John Hall
Oct 01, 2017
Residents and their family members are becoming increasingly picky when it comes to laundry service expectations — and that trend will only continue.
LeadingAge has 3 ties to Influencers in Aging list
Sep 29, 2017
Three people with connections to LeadingAge have been named to Next Avenue’s list of the Top 50 Influencers in Aging for 2017.
Gingrich: Look to alternatives to immigration for workforce solutions
By
Lois A. Bowers
Sep 28, 2017
Immigration isn’t the answer to senior living’s workforce challenges, former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich told those attending Wednesday’s opening general session of the National...
Senior living oversupply means $20 billion in capital not earning returns: NIC speakers
By
Lois A. Bowers
Sep 27, 2017
Oversupply in senior living means that almost $20 billion in capital is not earning returns in the marketplace, two speakers told those attending a Tuesday afternoon session at the National Investment...
Way to grow! NIC will focus on key issues
By
Lois A. Bowers
Sep 26, 2017
The National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care’s new CEO, Brian Jurutka, lays out the organization’s plans for the future in this exclusive interview.