Operators urged to assist in survey that will affect assisted living report card
By
John O'Connor
Nov 01, 2019
A state-sponsored assisted living report card for consumers is being created in Minnesota, thanks to legislation signed into law earlier this year. Provider organizations are encouraging operators to participate...
Hurricane threat heats up mandatory generator debate
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John O'Connor
Sep 10, 2019
Although Hurricane Dorian was basically a near-miss for Florida, that didn’t stop the Florida Sun Sentinel from running a story that was largely critical of generator-free senior living communities across...
Another reason to stay together: a reduced dementia risk
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John O'Connor
Sep 10, 2019
Forget the trope about bickering old couples constantly at war. It turns out that staying married may actually help stave off the effects of depression.
House passes bill to more than double the minimum wage
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John O'Connor
Jul 19, 2019
House lawmakers on Thursday passed legislation that raises the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2025. The measure faces dim prospects in the Republican-controlled Senate, however.
Nurse practitioners hailed as worker shortage solution
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John O'Connor
Jul 19, 2019
The new president of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners is touting her organization’s members as a partial solution to senior living’s chronic caregiver shortage.
Feds put ‘conscience rule’ implementation on hold until November
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John O'Connor
Jul 03, 2019
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services will postpone a rule allowing workers to decline performing tasks they find morally objectionable until at least November.
Workers wrongly classified as contractors entitled to $103,000 in back pay
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John O'Connor
Mar 18, 2019
Twenty employees at five Florida senior living facilities were wrongly classified as contractors, the Department of Labor announced. Paradise Villa Retirement Home Inc. has agreed to give the workers...
Older Americans soon will spend $84 billion a year on tech products, survey finds
By
John O'Connor
Feb 01, 2019
It’s not just senior living operators who are spending more on tech these days. Turns out many of your current and future residents also are in a buying mood.
Hospital sends woman with dementia to locked senior living community
By
John O'Connor
Feb 01, 2019
Long Beach, CA-based College Medical Center dumped a woman with dementia outside the locked senior living community where she lived in the middle of the night, a daughter’s negligence complaint alleges.
Study unearths predictive features of Alzheimer’s disease
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John O'Connor
Jan 31, 2019
Researchers at the University of California have used algorithms to identify potential blood-based markers of Alzheimer’s disease. The discovery could lead to earlier diagnoses and spur non-invasive...