Take it from women: career advancement often stymied
By
John O'Connor
Oct 24, 2019
Breaking through the glass ceiling is only one part of the career-advancement challenge many women must face.
CCRC residents enjoy luau
Aug 26, 2015
Residents of Tallgrass Creek, an Erickson Living community in Overland Park, KS, recently took to the photo booth during the retirement community’s Luau and Family Fun Day. Read on to learn how to...
More news for Thursday, July 5
Jul 05, 2018
Accused unlicensed nurse ordered to stop and facing charges 20 months after assisted living resident’s family complained … Judge vacates death penalty for man sentenced a decade ago for rape...
Grammy winner eyes opening assisted living communities, employing college graduates
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Dec 17, 2021
A 26-year-old Grammy winner said she intends to stay true to her word and open an assisted living community in her hometown of Houston, as well as provide employment opportunities to recent college graduates.
Hurricane housing
By
Caroline Szachnowski
Sep 22, 2021
When Hurricane Ida hit southern Louisiana Aug. 29, Laketown Village, an assisted living and memory care community in Kenner, LA, managed by Pegasus Senior Living, also lost power. Read more, and find out...
Nine monkeypox cases confirmed in United States
May 27, 2022
The CDC is working to learn how each of the nine patients contracted the virus.
Cerebral venous sinus rhrombosis rate up after Ad26.COV2.S shot
Nov 01, 2021
The postvaccination CVST rate was 5.1-fold higher among women compared with the pre-COVID-19 pandemic rate. Ad26.COV2.S is the Johnson & Johnson vaccine.
Let’s use pandemic lessons to improve quality of care, quality of life
By
Anne Ellett, MSN, NP
Mar 29, 2021
I have been keeping track of some of the conversations I’ve had with nurses and other team members who diligently show up every day to support their residents living in senior communities. Many of them...
What is a retirement community?
Jan 01, 2008
A retirement community usually provides independent-living housing plus services for older adults.
Senior living design in the age of COVID-19
By
Keith Stanton
LuAnn Thoma-Holec
Allyson Nathan
Jun 08, 2020
Adjusting to a new paradigm will require new thinking and maybe an investment for some senior living operators and developers.