Senior living operator takes steps after resident contracts Legionnaires’ disease
By
Lois A. Bowers
Nov 27, 2016
A New York senior living community is taking precautions after Legionnaires’ disease recently was diagnosed in a resident who was hospitalized but has been released.
Mandatory rent control would undermine housing goals, says provider coalition including ASHA
By
Lois A. Bowers
Aug 14, 2023
Mandatory rent control and rent stabilization policies like the ones under consideration by the federal government “have proven time and time again to increase rents, reduce the capital needed to boost...
Operator sued after worker allegedly posts image of partially nude resident on social media
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jun 28, 2019
A Pennsylvania senior living operator is being sued after an employee allegedly photographed and/or shot video of a partially nude resident while she was sitting in a shower chair and then posted an image...
Inspections of HUD-assisted and insured housing begin under new rule
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jul 10, 2023
The US Department of Housing and Urban Development now has the authority to inspect public housing under the final rule for the National Standards for the Physical Inspection of Real Estate, or NSPIRE.
Deaths from falls almost tripled from 2000 to 2016
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jun 05, 2019
Deaths from falls of U.S. adults aged 75 or more years are increasing, according to a study published Tuesday in JAMA.
Capital, ‘disappointed’ with second-quarter results, scrutinizes operations
By
Lois A. Bowers
Aug 01, 2018
Historic competition for new residents, increasing wage pressure and higher-than-expected resident attrition negatively affected Capital Senior Living’s performance in the second quarter, but plans...
Barclay Friends celebrates new building with virtual ribbon-cutting
By
Lois A. Bowers
Aug 05, 2020
More than 170 people watched via Zoom when Barclay Friends, the West Chester, PA, not-for-profit continuing care retirement community affiliated with The Kendal Corp., held a virtual ribbon-cutting for...
Operator agrees to shutter memory care unit after resident wanders outside, dies
By
Lois A. Bowers
Apr 05, 2019
An Indiana senior living community where a resident with dementia wandered outside and later died has agreed not to operate a memory care unit for two years.
Official promises action against assisted living facilities not compliant with emergency power rule by...
By
Lois A. Bowers
Dec 04, 2019
An assisted living operator in Florida is predicting the closure of several assisted living communities there if the state’s Agency for Health Care Administration moves forward with plans to penalize...
Federal Arbitration Act applies to states, too, Supreme Court says
By
Lois A. Bowers
May 15, 2017
A resident representative holding power of attorney can be bound by an arbitration agreement that he or she signs on behalf of the resident, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday, asserting that states are...