Coronavirus forcing investors to realize seniors housing is not just a real estate play
By
Amy Novotney
May 14, 2020
After years spent viewing seniors housing as a potential cash cow given the graying of the baby boomer generation, the coronavirus pandemic is forcing investors in the sector to recognize that they are...
Operators using telehealth, live-streaming, video-chatting in this time of COVID-19
By
Lois A. Bowers
Mar 16, 2020
Senior living operators today have much more sophisticated technology at their disposal than did their predecessors, and they’re putting that technology to good use to help ensure the health and safety...
Senior living communities turn to wearable technology for contact tracing of COVID-19
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
May 21, 2020
With senior living communities serving as potential hot spots for COVID-19, operators are looking at all types of infection control measures to contain or prevent the spread of the deadly virus.
Vaccine mandate a ‘game-changer’: Good Samaritan CEO
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Dec 09, 2021
After a resurgence of COVID-19 cases among staff and residents in its senior living and care communities over the summer, and rumblings about another variant on the horizon, Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan...
LHC Group CEO: Congress will pass Choose Home by year’s end
By
Diane Eastabrook
Aug 06, 2021
The Choose Home Care Act will be part of the congressional reconciliation package by the end of the year.
Moderna begins testing booster shot aimed at omicron
Jan 27, 2022
The new study will focus on a single omicron-specific booster dose in about 600 adults.
How is senior living surviving? Good question
By
John O'Connor
Mar 10, 2022
As we’re nearing an anniversary of sorts, this may be a good time to offer an assessment and some observations about senior living survival.
Big senior living stories of 2022
By
Lois A. Bowers
Dec 22, 2022
Here are some of the major stories that affected senior living providers in 2022.
Biden plan may help mitigate worker shortage for home care providers
By
Diane Eastabrook
May 13, 2021
Home care providers are hopeful a recent move by President Biden could open up the pipeline for available care workers.
Peer-to-Peer: How ConcertoCare has tapped technology, analytics and PACE to upend home healthcare
By
Diane Eastabrook
May 17, 2021
In January, ConcertoCare a tech-enabled, risk-based home healthcare provider, named Julian Harris, M.D., to lead the company into a post-COVID-19 landscape.