Senior living community makes baseball season memorable
By
Lois A. Bowers
Aug 08, 2016
The Butler BlueSox baseball team’s season was not especially memorable in a traditional way. Pennsylvania senior living community Newhaven Court at Clearview, however, left a permanent impression...
Kindred wrongful discharge lawsuit brought by former executive director hinges on medication-related...
By
Lois A. Bowers
Aug 03, 2018
Kindred Healthcare is headed back to court after the U.S. District Court for the District of Maine on July 27 rejected its request for a summary judgment in a wrongful discharge lawsuit filed by a former...
Brookdale mulls stock repurchase
By
Lois A. Bowers
Feb 09, 2016
Brookdale Senior Living is considering a stock buy-back program because the board and management are “extremely frustrated with where our share price is,” company CEO Andy Smith told investors...
92-year-old woman charged with killing son who planned to move her to assisted living
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jul 05, 2018
A 92-year-old woman in Arizona is accused of murdering her 72-year-old son because he planned to have her move into an assisted living community, according to the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office.
Best and worst states for senior care and services
By
Lois A. Bowers
May 09, 2016
A new list ranks the best and worst states for senior care and services, but there’s something even more important than an operator’s address, say the report’s authors.
Desire for profits affected staffing, services, lawsuit claims
By
Lois A. Bowers
May 01, 2016
Some North Carolina assisted living residents were “left to sit for hours, even days, in their own waste, not bathed for weeks, locked in or out of their rooms, not provided with food or housekeeping...
2 dead, 1 injured in senior living shooting
By
Lois A. Bowers
Mar 24, 2016
A domestic dispute appears to have spilled into the workplace, resulting in the shooting deaths of two senior living community employees and the injury of another in Ohio.
Harper Lee’s legacy
By
Lois A. Bowers
Feb 22, 2016
Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Harper Lee, 89, passed away Friday and was buried Saturday, having presented us with two major challenges during her lifetime.
Words matter
By
Lois A. Bowers
Nov 09, 2015
Those working in the senior living field may have conflicting opinions as to the appropriateness of evolving terminology such as life plan community, but it makes good business sense to consider language...
What you can do to prevent fraud
By
Lois A. Bowers
Nov 02, 2015
Scams against older adults increasingly are receiving attention from the government and the media. Senior living communities can help residents through a new program.