Ziegler completes bond issue, refinancing closings
Dec 03, 2015
Specialty investment bank Ziegler recently has announced several bond issue and refinancing closings ranging from $6.4 million to $50.7 million.
Former assisted living worker charged with abuse, stalking
Dec 01, 2015
A former assisted living community worker faces up to four years in prison if convicted of vulnerable adult abuse and stalking of a resident.
3 tools to reduce hospitalizations, ED visits among assisted living residents
By
Lois A. Bowers
Dec 01, 2015
Three tools that have shown success in improving the quality of care provided to skilled nursing residents also work well for residents of assisted living communities, according to new research.
Worker’s paradise
By
John Andrews
Dec 01, 2015
Low-income seniors shouldn’t have to settle for cheap, cookie-cutter housing as their only independent living option, say the folks who developed the Cottages at Cathedral Square, a new 32-unit residential...
Game changer
By
John Hall
Dec 01, 2015
Technology has produced miracles in this sector for decades — from helping 70-year-olds defy the curse of failed hips and causing bone-deep pressure wounds to heal, to protecting mind-ravaged residents...
More peace and quiet
By
John Andrews
Dec 01, 2015
With more senior living facilities focusing on making their environments more homelike, there’s a problem when ubiquitous surveillance cameras, constant security buzzers and flat-screen TV monitors...
2 senior living operators found in violation of Fair Labor Standards Act
Nov 30, 2015
Fair Labor Standards Act violations are costing a Florida senior living operator almost $290,000 and a California operator almost $190,000.
Broker-dealer says it will ‘vigorously defend’ against allegations
By
Lois A. Bowers
Nov 23, 2015
A representative for the dealer-broker that served as a placement agent for some of the holdings of a businessman accused by the Securities and Exchange Commission of misusing the funds of senior living...
Five Star opens new memory care neighborhood
Nov 20, 2015
Five Star Quality Care has opened a new memory care neighborhood at Foulk Manor South in Wilmington, DE.
Take risks, ABHOW CEO David Ferguson advises
By
Lois A. Bowers
Nov 16, 2015
Four months after announcing his organization’s intentions to merge with be.group, ABHOW President and CEO David Ferguson offers some advice for colleagues on the nonprofit side of senior living...