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US Senate launches investigation of assisted living after lay media reports about safety, staffing, pricing
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jan 17, 2024
The US Senate Special Committee on Aging is launching a review of the assisted living industry following recent articles in the Washington Post, which reported on the deaths of residents who wandered from...
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Mar 19, 2024
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Bill would require senior living communities to develop plans to prevent social isolation
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Aug 26, 2020
Senior living operators would be required to develop plans to prevent residents from becoming isolated during public emergencies, and per-diem healthcare workers would be able to accrue paid sick leave,...
Closed senior living community, state face multi-million dollar lawsuit over resident’s death
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 19, 2024
An Oregon senior living community and the state agency that oversees long-term care facilities were hit with a $41 million wrongful death lawsuit in the death of a memory care resident who wandered out...
As more seniors turn to music therapy, health insurer says it will help payers find their groove
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Aaron Dorman
Nov 02, 2023
Longevity Health will now provide coverage for a platform that provides music therapy via singing to senior living communities.
AI tools can help mitigate elopement challenges, company says
By
Aaron Dorman
Feb 29, 2024
AI can help monitor seniors with cognitive impairment and stop wandering or elopement, one RPM company suggests.
Hospitals as business partners? It’s not such a far-fetched notion
By
John O'Connor
Jan 28, 2016
Some will argue that senior living can never replace skilled care when it comes to post-acute care. You’ll be able to recognize them by the strength of their convictions and the shortness of their...
Improving quality care by small assisted living providers is goal of new workgroup
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Nov 07, 2022
The state of Maryland has assembled a workgroup to look at improving the quality of care and services offered in smaller assisted living communities.
Memory care operator may appeal as court denies arbitration in elder abuse, wrongful death lawsuit
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Aug 14, 2020
A California appellate court has upheld a trial court’s decision to deny arbitration in an elder abuse and wrongful death lawsuit against a memory care operator in the state. The operator may appeal.