AlerisLife, DHC: Operational review expected to stabilize senior living portfolio
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
May 05, 2022
Reporting a first-quarter net loss of $9.7 million, AlerisLife executives said Wednesday that they have a short-term focus on stabilizing the company’s senior living portfolio by standardizing processes...
Consulate COO: Here’s why I’m ‘OK with’ embracing home health as a full partner
By
Kimberly Marselas
Aug 05, 2021
The new chief operations officer of one of the nation’s largest nursing home chains is ready to throw the doors open to home health providers, citing collaboration as the best way to succeed and drive...
Here’s how COVID-19 affected U.S. online searches, trends and behavior in the senior care industry
By
Karina Tama-Rutigliano
Sep 28, 2021
The data shows that users were looking more for home care services versus assisted living facilities and nursing homes, potentially due to concern about COVID-19. Research also shows that consumers are...
What’s in your technology plan?
By
Stephen Carrabba
Aug 15, 2019
Every industry is touched by ever-changing technology, but healthcare-related industries have additional challenges. Does your organization have a comprehensive strategy for handling all information technology...
Pursuing Culture Change 2.0
By
Randy Bloom, Ph.D.
May 02, 2016
Many companies launch culture-change efforts with top-down objectives and then attempt to measure results within a fixed, often unrealistic, timeframe. Tutera’s new initiative takes a different approach.
Provider groups decry ‘chronic underfunding’ as CMS introduces HCBS quality measures
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jul 22, 2022
The federal government’s introduction Thursday of quality measures for the home- and community-based services offered by assisted living and other providers comes in the midst of “longstanding, chronic...
Helping residents, facilities reap benefits of cost-effective health screenings
By
Kevin Kenney
Oct 05, 2017
Business intelligence and information technology are making health screenings more convenient for older adults, enabling them as well as their care providers to benefit.
Caregiver says he was shot when police mistook toy for gun
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jul 21, 2016
A Florida caregiver who was outdoors helping a resident of the facility where he works says he was shot by a police officer who thought the toy truck in the resident’s hands was a gun, according...
A different way to support the senior living industry
By
Lois A. Bowers
Dec 06, 2021
Scott Tittle joined VIUM Capital as a managing director and the national lender’s first head of government relations and external affairs in September after serving as executive director of the National...
Shaping up
By
John Hall
Apr 01, 2017
Transformative technology is changing the look and feel of senior living in the United States. The real beneficiaries are residents.