Medical expenses, including assisted living, account for 25% of family caregiver costs: survey
By
Lois A. Bowers
Nov 15, 2016
Medical expenses, including costs associated with assisted living and skilled nursing facilities, account for the second-largest share of family caregivers’ out-of-pocket spending for their loved...
U.S. senior living company tests Lyft ride-hailing service
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Lois A. Bowers
Sep 08, 2016
Sunshine Retirement Living has partnered with Lyft to test the ride-hailing service in nine of its communities across three states.
Alligator attack suspected in senior living resident death
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Lois A. Bowers
Aug 02, 2016
A South Carolina senior living community resident has died after apparently being attacked by an alligator. And the incident is not the first one in the United States this year involving a senior living...
Section 232 program changes expand loan options
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Lois A. Bowers
May 16, 2016
Senior housing operators soon may have more loan options available to them, given impending changes to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Section 232 Healthcare Facility Insurance...
NorthStar investor calls plans ‘farcical’
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Lois A. Bowers
Mar 22, 2016
NorthStar Asset Management Group’s March 21 announcement that its board of directors had formed a special committee to consider ways to regain value for shareholders has been met with skepticism...
Aging misconceptions harmful, expert says
By
Lois A. Bowers
Oct 19, 2015
Misconceptions about aging and older adults must be overcome so that individuals and society can realize the benefits of longer life spans and increased quality of life. So says Laura L. Carstensen, Ph.D.,...
$1.125 billion deal won’t change Trilogy Health Services, CEO says
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Lois A. Bowers
Sep 15, 2015
Trilogy will continue to focus on developing CCRCs in the Midwest as it is acquired in a $1.125 billion joint venture with Griffin-American Healthcare REIT III and NorthStar Healthcare Income, Trilogy...
Joining or forming a Medicare Advantage plan? Read these survey results
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jun 21, 2019
With an increasing number of senior living operators joining or forming their own Medicare Advantage plans, or considering doing so, the results of new J.D. Power customer satisfaction research could provide...
Health systems increasingly seeing value of senior living, Welltower says
By
Lois A. Bowers
Feb 22, 2017
Hospitals increasingly are seeing senior living communities as part of a solution to lowering their risk associated with older adults, Welltower CEO Tom DeRosa told analysts participating in an earnings...
Senior living, home most frequent destinations after hospital discharge of Medicare beneficiaries
By
Lois A. Bowers
Nov 29, 2021
Assisted living communities, retirement communities and homes remain the most frequent destinations for Medicare beneficiaries after inpatient hospital stays, according to the 2021 AHHQI Home Health Chartbook...