Seniorlink first to earn LTSS distinction from NCQA
By
Lois A. Bowers
Aug 30, 2017
Boston-based Seniorlink’s Caregiver Homes Network is the first healthcare organization in the United States to receive three-year accreditation for case management with long-term services and supports...
Career ladder programs help providers keep workers, expert says
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Aug 02, 2023
With a workforce now dominated by millennials and Gen Z, professional development has overtaken communication as the top concern among senior living employees, according to one expert.
Promote flu vaccination among staff, residents, health officials say
By
Lois A. Bowers
Sep 17, 2015
This year’s vaccine should be more effective than last year’s vaccine, health officials said at a Sept. 17 press conference, and senior living communities have an important role to play in...
40 percent in study of workplace-insured Americans delay care due to cost
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 22, 2024
Forty percent of workplace-insured Americans often delay seeing a physician due to the cost, according to a recent study by Nonfiction Research and commissioned by Paytient, a Columbia, MO-based provider...
Goodman Group announces two appointments
Apr 26, 2016
Shane Goodman has been appointed to chief investment officer and president of JBG Design & Development, and Matthew Kern has been promoted to national director of operations of The Goodman Group’s...
New Senior Investment Group explores ‘strategic alternatives’
By
Lois A. Bowers
Feb 26, 2018
Citing “negative pressures” related to supply and increased competition, New Senior Investment Group CEO Susan Givens said Friday that the real estate investment trust is considering various...
‘Compassion’ fund helps residents continue to ‘age well, live fully’
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Nov 22, 2023
A faith-based senior living and care community in Virginia takes its mission of compassionate care seriously, creating a fund to keep residents in their homes there even when they outlive their resources.
Not enough seniors with heart disease using monitors, study suggests
By
Aaron Dorman
Aug 18, 2023
Less than half of adults who either have heart disease or are at-risk to develop conditions use a smartphone or tablet app for health-tracking purposes, the research claims.
Selfhelp wins Gold for efforts to reduce isolation among older adults
By
Foster Stubbs
Nov 08, 2022
Efforts related to its Virtual Senior Center earned Selfhelp Community Services a Gold award in the Building Bridges category of the Senior Living track of the 2022 McKnight’s Excellence in Technology...
Sonida Senior Living looks to improve balance sheet, make investments with $47.7 million equity raise
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Feb 07, 2024
A $47.7 million equity raise will help Sonida Senior Living improve its finances, invest in its communities and programming, and consider acquisitions, the Dallas-based owner-operator said Tuesday. The...