Inception Property Group expects ‘significant interest’ in LA senior living project being...
Jan 06, 2020
Los Angeles-based Inception Property Group is developing a seven-story, 151,146-square-foot senior living project on speculation — without an operator — in downtown Los Angeles and expects to speak...
New law should increase older adults’ funds for LTSS, advocates say
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jan 06, 2020
A bill that raises the minimum age at which people are required to withdraw funds from their retirement accounts was signed into law in late December as part of a spending package that also increased funding...
HCBS, caregivers focus of presidential hopeful Cory Booker’s long-term care plan
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jan 03, 2020
Changing eligibility for long-term services and supports, expanding access to home- and community-based services, increasing compensation for paid caregivers and finding a way to compensate family caregivers...
Senior Housing Properties Trust announces name change, $208 million in property sales
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jan 02, 2020
Real estate investment trust Senior Housing Properties Trust changed its name to Diversified Healthcare Trust, effective yesterday, while also announcing that it had completed $207.8 million in property...
Appropriations bill increases dementia research funding by $350 million to $2.8 billion
By
Lois A. Bowers
Dec 23, 2019
The appropriation bill signed into law Friday contains a $350 million increase for Alzheimer’s and dementia research funding at the National Institutes of Health. The increase brings total annual NIH...
Brookdale Senior Living settles disability discrimination lawsuit with EEOC
By
Lois A. Bowers
Dec 19, 2019
Brookdale Senior Living has decided to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission after formerly planning to defend itself “vigorously” against...
Difficulty walking first sign of assisted living need, survey suggests
By
Lois A. Bowers
Dec 18, 2019
Walking was the most-cited activity of daily living that tipped off family members of a loved one’s need for assisted living or another type of care in a newly released survey by Caring.com.
More Americans dying at home, and ‘home’ may include assisted living
By
Lois A. Bowers
Dec 17, 2019
For the first time since the early 20th century, the home has surpassed the hospital as the place where people most often die in the United States, and “home” may include assisted living, according...
Early-bird deadline tomorrow for McKnight’s Women of Distinction Awards
By
Lois A. Bowers
Dec 16, 2019
The early-bird entry price for the McKnight’s Women of Distinction awards lasts through tomorrow.
$3 billion addition to Provider Relief Fund ‘falls woefully short,’ provider groups say
By
Lois A. Bowers
Dec 22, 2020
A $900 billion COVID-19 relief bill is on its way to the president’s desk after being passed by both houses of Congress by late Monday. Trade associations representing senior living operators, however,...