Second CA community sued over handling of evacuation during wildfire
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Lois A. Bowers
Feb 15, 2018
A 94-year-old California resident is suing the senior living community where she was living when a wildfire broke out in October, claiming that she and at least 80 other residents were abandoned by staff...
Buttigieg proposes federal standards for assisted living
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Lois A. Bowers
Dec 02, 2019
Presidential hopeful Pete Buttigieg’s plan for long-term care would establish federal standards for assisted living communities, including staffing ratios, required access to mental health clinicians...
Hospital admissions cut 17% in Brookdale pilot program
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Lois A. Bowers
Feb 23, 2016
Hospital admissions among assisted living residents in 46 Brookdale Senior Living communities decreased 17% in a three-year pilot program funded by a $7.3 million Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services...
Assisted living, post-acute providers have ‘room for progress’ in four key areas, HHS secretary...
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Lois A. Bowers
Jun 06, 2018
Assisted living and post-acute care providers “will play a key role in the healthcare system over the next several decades,” HHS Secretary Alex M. Azar II said Tuesday. Both industries, however,...
Hurricane Matthew shows value of senior housing, Ventas CFO says
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Lois A. Bowers
Oct 30, 2016
Hurricane Matthew resulted in death and destruction of property, but it also showed the value of seniors housing, Robert F. “Bob” Probst, the chief financial officer of real estate investment...
States don’t wait as fate of federal COVID vaccine mandates remains uncertain
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Lois A. Bowers
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jan 10, 2022
As employers wait to see whether the Supreme Court will issue stays against federal COVID-19 vaccine mandates from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid...
Operators head to Hill to brief Congress
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Lois A. Bowers
Jun 04, 2018
Quality, regulation and Medicaid will be three of the big themes as assisted living operators gather Monday and Tuesday in the nation’s capital to meet with legislators and their staffs as part of...
Holiday occupancy steadily improving, NHI says
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Lois A. Bowers
Aug 09, 2017
Holiday Retirement properties in real estate investment trust NHI’s portfolio have seen a steady increase in occupancy over the past three months as the country’s largest independent living...
Pandemic drives senior living occupancy to record lows
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Lois A. Bowers
Jan 08, 2021
The coronavirus pandemic continues to negatively affect occupancy in senior living, with percentages released Thursday by the National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care’s NIC MAP Data Service...
Deadline today for Women of Distinction entries
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jan 12, 2022
The deadline for entries into the fourth annual McKnight’s Women of Distinction awards program is today at 11:59 p.m. ET.