Senior living operators can learn a lesson from the communication efforts of Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino and the American Health Care Association / National Center for Assisted Living in advance of...
NCAL: Vaccines, state prioritization of long-term care bode well for assisted living communities
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Mar 09, 2021
As COVID-19 cases and deaths continue to drop in long-term care settings, calls for reopening assisted living facilities are increasing.
Business briefs, June 21
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jun 21, 2024
Report adds to research showing health benefits for senior living residents … The Terraces at Tuckerman Lane, Bethesda, MD, earns AHCA/NCAL National Quality Award … New Perspective Senior Living expands...
More news for Tuesday, Oct. 3
Oct 03, 2017
AHCA / NCAL says Las Vegas convention will go on as planned … Inability to smell peppermint linked to dementia, study says … Learn about Montessori in memory care and earn a free CE credit...
NCAL guidance aims to prevent elder abuse via social media
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jun 16, 2016
Senior living providers must develop social media policies, train employees on appropriate use of social media, and investigate potentially inappropriate behavior related to social media when it has been...
Business briefs, June 6
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jun 06, 2024
Federal IT strategy should include long-term care, coalition says … State senate says legislation will protect long-term care workers … 23 Good Samaritan locations, 6 Ecumen communities earn 2024...
More news for Monday, Jan. 10
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jan 10, 2022
AHCA / NCAL calls on feds to extend public health emergency … Legislation includes expanding access to assisted living as residential alternative to nursing homes … Maine offers funding to help assisted...
Antipsychotic drug use increasing in assisted living, AARP says
By
Lois A. Bowers
Apr 23, 2018
Although the off-label use of antipsychotic medications has decreased in nursing home residents who have dementia, it has increased in those with dementia who live in assisted living communities or at...
It’s National Assisted Living Week
By
Lois A. Bowers
Sep 11, 2016
National Assisted Living Week kicked off Sunday and will continue through Saturday. This year’s theme is “Keep connected.”
Parkinson named 2nd annual McKnight’s Pinnacle Awards Career Achievement Award winner
By
James M. Berklan
Jan 11, 2024
Mark Parkinson, president and CEO of AHCA/NCAL, has been chosen as the 2024 McKnight’s Pinnacle Awards Career Achievement Award honoree.