Senior living affiliation drivers: Recognizing unique market factors
By
Lisa McCracken
Sep 05, 2017
Senior living sponsorship transitions have many key drivers. Providers can ask themselves certain questions to help determine whether affiliations, acquisitions or dispositions may be wise strategic alternatives.
63 percent of long-term care providers wait up to 4 days for COVID-19 test results
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jul 02, 2020
Eighty-seven percent of assisted living communities and nursing homes participating in a new survey said it is taking two or more days for them to obtain the results of COVID-19 tests of staff members....
Argentum urges member push to include senior living in provider relief funds
By
Alicia Lasek
Apr 01, 2021
A sign-on letter campaign is one time-sensitive priority among various efforts to secure federal funding and help providers recover from pandemic losses. President Biden’s newly announced infrastructure...
The impact of copyright laws on senior living communities
By
James Henry
Jan 09, 2017
Learn how to navigate a reasonable middle ground that can increase your community’s legal compliance while avoiding financial constraints that may effect the amenities, such as music and movies,...
Happy Meals = Happy residents
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Oct 28, 2020
Memory care and assisted living residents at Lexington Square Senior Living in Lombard, IL, recently were treated to a trip down McDonald’s memory lane with Happy Meals.
Feds accelerate plan to offer coronavirus vaccines in pharmacies
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jan 07, 2021
After criticism over the slow rollout of COVID-19 vaccines to long-term care facilities and elsewhere, the federal government said it is taking “immediate action” to lay out ways for states to speed...
3 reasons to keep offering video visits even after the pandemic
By
Karen O’Hern
Nov 12, 2020
Video calls have gained traction during the pandemic. When our communities start to open, visitation rules begin to relax, and families and friends can get together again, will we keep in place these video...
COVID-19 booster shots headed to long-term care this fall
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Aug 19, 2021
The federal government plans to begin offering COVID-19 booster shots to long-term care residents and healthcare workers as early as next month, the Biden administration announced Wednesday.
A drug problem
By
John Hall
Apr 01, 2016
Managing medications poses complex challenges in senior living
Making a clothes call
By
Julie E. Williamson
Oct 01, 2015
As more senior living operators work to increase efficiencies and leave a smaller environmental footprint, on-premise laundry operations are being put under increased scrutiny.