Phoenix Senior Living to house discharged hospital patients with COVID-19 as list of industry groups...
By
Lois A. Bowers
Apr 03, 2020
The Georgia-based senior living operator is choosing to house discharged older hospital patients with COVID-19 as some industry groups are opposing orders from state governments that would restrict providers...
National Assisted Living Week theme honors essential caregivers in 2020
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jun 05, 2020
With a nod to essential frontline caregivers battling COVID-19, “Caring is EssentiAL” has been announced as the theme of this year’s National Assisted Living Week.
The senior living agenda for 2016
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jan 04, 2016
Relatively new leaders at three associations representing senior living providers will be facing established and evolving issues in 2016, they tell McKnight’s Senior Living in exclusive interviews.
Assisted living could be next in line for COVID relief funds
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Aug 24, 2020
Senior living providers are expected to have access soon to funding from the federal government to help them with their COVID-19-related expenses, according to the American Seniors Housing Association....
Midterm election results take Medicaid cuts off agenda for Congress, advocates believe
By
Lois A. Bowers
Nov 08, 2018
The outcome of the federal midterm elections makes it less likely that Medicaid funding cuts will be on the agenda for the next Congress, organizations representing senior living operators believe. Concerns...
Bill proposes study of effects of price gouging on providers during pandemic
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Aug 02, 2022
A proposed bill calling for a study of how healthcare providers have been affected by price gouging by temporary staffing agencies during the COVID-19 pandemic was introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives...
Dwindling savings, less fear of COVID may drive some back to work, experts say
By
Lois A. Bowers
Nov 03, 2021
Employers in senior living and care and other industries may see their workforce challenges lessen a bit as some peoples’ savings accumulated over the pandemic dry up and as fear of COVID-19 subsides,...
People in the news, Oct. 5
Oct 05, 2016
Appointments, promotions and awards involving Aspen House Memory Care Assisted Living, Evergreen Estates, IntegraCare, the National Center for Assisted Living, Newhaven Court at Clearview, the Pennsylvania...
Quality, collaboration remain shared goals, battling associations say as they await decision on national...
By
Lois A. Bowers
Feb 19, 2020
Quality remains a shared priority for two groups of senior living associations involved in a dispute over whether Argentum should be permitted to develop national standards for the industry through the...
McKnight’s 40 for 40: Paul Willging
By
Liza Berger
Nov 02, 2020
OBRA ’87, the landmark federal law that greatly enhanced the regulation of nursing homes, marked a turning point for long-term care. Paul Willging, Ph.D., who led the American Health Care Association...