FamilyAssets launches senior living occupancy platform with $1.3 million in funding
Aug 23, 2018
Brooklyn, NY-based FamilyAssets has launched the FamilyAssets Occupancy Platform after raising $1.3 million in funding, the company announced Wednesday.
Food fun
Aug 22, 2018
Wake Robin residents, staff members, construction workers and prospective residents have been enjoying food trucks throughout the summer. Read more, and learn how to submit your photos!
CCRCs have less time to refund entrance fees under new law
By
Lois A. Bowers
Aug 21, 2018
Continuing care retirement communities will have have less time to return refundable portions of entrance fees to residents or their estates after move-out under a new law signed Friday by New Jersey Gov....
HUD files housing discrimination complaint against Facebook
By
Lois A. Bowers
Aug 21, 2018
Facebook violates the Fair Housing Act by allowing landlords to use its advertising platform to engage in housing discrimination, including not showing ads to Facebook users who have expressed an interest...
People in the news, Aug. 21
Aug 21, 2018
Appointments at AMDA – The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine, Enhanced Living, Erickson Living, Life Care Services, Maplewood Senior Living, Primrose Retirement Communities, Remedi...
Oakmont Senior Living agrees to settle wildfire-related lawsuit
By
Lois A. Bowers
Aug 20, 2018
Oakmont Senior Living has agreed to settle a lawsuit that accused staff members at one of its communities of abandoning residents during an October 2017 wildfire.
Builders remain confident in the 55-plus single family housing market
By
John O'Connor
Aug 17, 2018
Builder confidence in the 55-plus single-family housing market rose by one point in the second quarter, according to the National Association of Home Builders.
GreatCall to be acquired by Best Buy for $800 million
Aug 16, 2018
GreatCall is being acquired by Best Buy Co. Inc. for $800 million in cash, the latter company announced Wednesday. The transaction is expected to close by the end of Best Buy’s fiscal 2019 third...
Judge tosses key evidence in $1 billion fraud case against ALF owner
By
Lois A. Bowers
Aug 15, 2018
The owner of multiple Miami-area assisted living and skilled nursing facilities, accused in 2016 of orchestrating a $1 billion healthcare fraud scheme, scored a major victory in federal court Friday when...
Support, knowledge of HIV important when caring for LGBT individuals with dementia: report
By
Lois A. Bowers
Aug 15, 2018
Find or create support groups, and prepare for an increase in the number of residents with both cognitive impairment and HIV/AIDS. Those are two pieces of advice contained in a new issue brief for aging...