PPE pricing hampers hiring in senior living, operators say
By
Lois A. Bowers
Aug 18, 2020
The increasing cost of personal protective equipment is making it difficult for some assisted living communities and nursing homes to hire more nurses and caregivers to battle against COVID-19.
Welltower-commissioned effort seeks to establish quality standards for assisted living, memory care
By
Lois A. Bowers
Nov 30, 2018
Real estate investment trust Welltower has enlisted a group of senior living operators, academics, industry representatives and adult children of residents to develop care quality standards for its assisted...
22 operators on new ‘Best Workplaces’ list celebrated by senior living organizations
By
Lois A. Bowers
Sep 28, 2018
Twenty-two of the 40 senior living and care operators named to Fortune’s first-ever “Best Workplaces for Aging Services” list, released Thursday, are especially active in senior living as evidenced...
Extend COVID-19 public emergency declaration, provider group urges HHS
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jan 04, 2021
The federal public health emergency declared due to COVID-19, which is set to expire Jan. 23, should be extended until five criteria are met, American Health Care Association / National Center for Assisted...
Senior living needs COVID-19 testing kits for asymptomatic residents and staff, CEOs say
By
Lois A. Bowers
Apr 23, 2020
Assisted living communities and skilled nursing facilities must be given immediate access to COVID-19 testing kits to be able to identify asymptomatic residents and staff members and prevent the spread...
Provider groups call for immediate implementation of RAISE Family Caregivers Act
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jul 06, 2018
The American Health Care Association / National Center for Assisted Living, LeadingAge and 72 other national organizations, in a June 28 letter, urged Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar to begin...
Assisted living arbitration agreement not enforceable in case involving resident death, judge rules
By
Lois A. Bowers
Apr 11, 2017
The family of an assisted living resident can sue the community where he lived in a case related to his death despite having signed an arbitration agreement, a Minnesota judge has ruled.
Falls prevention is everyone’s responsibility — from care team to C-suite, speaker says
By
Lois A. Bowers
Oct 16, 2019
From the CEO and the administrator — everyone is responsible for preventing falls and looking at what’s going on in the environment, what’s going on with residents, because they come in contact with...
Assisted living increasingly a lawsuit target, attorney says
By
Lois A. Bowers
Oct 18, 2016
Plaintiffs’ attorneys increasingly are looking at assisted living communities as potential lawsuit targets, Neville Bilimoria, a partner with the health law practice group of Duane Morris LLP in...
Assisted living administrators see slight dip in pay
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jan 28, 2019
The 21st annual “Assisted Living Salary & Benefits Report” has been published, with details about assisted living administrator pay and more.