A variety of models can help CCRC operators meet residents’ increasing healthcare needs
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Feb 16, 2024
Older adults are moving into senior living communities with more chronic conditions and healthcare needs than ever before, presenting challenges — as well as opportunities — for continuing care retirement...
Bill calls for $165 million in funding for Alzheimer’s-related initiatives
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Feb 12, 2024
Bipartisan bills recently introduced in the US Senate and House of Representatives, if passed as written and signed into law, would fund public health initiatives related to Alzheimer’s disease to the...
Financial burden of dementia poses challenges for older adults, caregivers, payers: researchers
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Feb 09, 2024
The growing population of older adults brings with it an increased prevalence of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias. Two new papers look at the increasing financial burden on people living with...
Leave assisted living regulation to states, turn federal focus to workforce pipeline, industry advocate...
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Feb 06, 2024
An assisted living advocate is telling Congress that rather than add “new layers of bureaucracy” through federal oversight of the industry, regulation of the setting should be left to the states while...
Senators ask for federal study of assisted living, seek consumer feedback, ponder oversight
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jan 26, 2024
The spotlight on the assisted living industry got a little hotter on Thursday as congressional leaders called for a government study on industry pricing and transparency, announced a website and email...