Here are some tips for setting your goals and sticking to them, from a retirement community fitness program coordinator.
The lighter side of unprecedented carnage
By
John O'Connor
Aug 20, 2020
We’re barely into the third quarter, yet it’s already clear this will be a year unlike any other.
New overtime rule a major concern — and rightfully so
By
John O'Connor
Jul 14, 2016
Concerned about the new federal overtime rule? You have plenty of company.
Policy shift could enhance staffing efforts
By
John O'Connor
Jun 20, 2024
Senior living might get some unexpected but welcome staffing assistance from a new executive order about immigration.
A shipshape approach to senior living?
By
John O'Connor
Apr 01, 2021
What are the biggest barriers to affordable seniors housing Lately, this issue has received considerable discussion and some debate. For my money, two challenges rise above the rest.
Why calls for reform aren’t reasonable
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John O'Connor
May 26, 2022
Differing constituencies have different priorities. What’s reasonable to one side might be fighting words to the other.
How soon will the other shoe drop?
By
John O'Connor
Apr 06, 2023
CMS still has another shoe to drop: an imminent staffing requirement. And if you think it will just affect nursing homes, a recent study says otherwise.
Many senior living operators appear to have trouble connecting the dots
By
John O'Connor
Dec 15, 2016
Perhaps senior living operators shouldn’t laugh too loudly at Donald’s Trump’s expense. Although many think the next inhabitant of the Oval Office is tone deaf on certain socioeconomic...
Children are our future, and other troubling thoughts
By
John O'Connor
Aug 11, 2022
A new American Advisors Group survey helps put the future of senior living payments in perspective. But not in a good way. For if the findings from 1,510 respondents are anywhere near accurate, the kids...
Who is attracted — and not attracted — to active adult apartments
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Lynne Moore
Jun 06, 2022
Q. Is the active adult apartment product successfully attracting and serving a younger and more active segment of the senior population? A. Active adult apartments are attracting an age profile that...