Episcopal Senior Communities closes home care business, names preferred provider
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jan 25, 2018
Episcopal Senior Communities has shuttered the home care business it operated in its six San Francisco-area continuing care retirement communities and has named Home Care Assistance its preferred provider...
Inside the numbers
By
Julie E. Williamson
Feb 02, 2019
Smart IT solutions, proper planning help operators harness better data.
$25 million expansion adds 5 states and territories to Money Follows the Person program for HCBS
By
Lois A. Bowers
Aug 22, 2022
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, through the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, will award up to $5 million each to Illinois, Kansas and New Hampshire, as well as for American Samoa...
Troubled Five Star defers February rent to landlord
By
Lois A. Bowers
Mar 12, 2019
Five Star Senior Living is deferring its February rent payment to Senior Housing Properties Trust until March 31, the organizations announced Monday in filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Green spaces associated with less frailty in older adults: study
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jul 02, 2018
Green spaces are good for the frailty status of older adults, according to a study published in the latest issue of JAMDA: The Journal of Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine. The authors hope the study...
New Senior to sell LCS, Holiday properties for $296 million
By
Lois A. Bowers
Oct 06, 2017
New Senior Investment Group will decrease its skilled nursing exposure and increase its independent living exposure before the end of the year when it completes the sale of $296 million in Life Care Services...
Nominations open for 2022 McKnight’s Women of Distinction awards
By
Lois A. Bowers
Nov 16, 2021
McKnight’s Senior Living, McKnight’s Long-Term Care News and McKnight’s Home Care have opened the nomination process for the fourth annual McKnight’s Women of Distinction awards program. The 2022...
People in the news, April 2
Apr 02, 2019
Appointments and promotions at Leisure Care, Lifespace Communities, Senior Living Communities, Senior Source Consulting Group, Solutions Advisors Group, Watercrest Senior Living Group, Watermark Retirement...
CCRCs ‘ideal candidates’ for ACOs, AMDA says
By
Lois A. Bowers
Mar 19, 2017
Following the passage of resolutions at its annual conference, AMDA will advocate for continuing care retirement community participation in an accountable care organization initiative and for an integrated...
CMS: Aging population a big driver of annual growth in national healthcare spending
By
Lois A. Bowers
Feb 15, 2018
Enrollment shifts from private health insurance to Medicare as baby boomers continue to age into the program will help drive average annual growth of 5.5% in national health spending and enrollment from...