Increasing RN staffing hours reduces injury-related ED visits by assisted living residents with dementia:...
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jul 19, 2024
A new study found that increasing staffing hours of registered nurses in assisted living communities led to a 53% decrease in injury-related emergency department visits by residents living with Alzheimer’s...
Insurance among common fringe benefits offered to CCRC employees
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Lois A. Bowers
Jul 19, 2024
Insurance is a popular fringe benefit paid to management employees of continuing care retirement / life plan communities, according to the findings of the 2024-2025 CCRC Salary & Benefits Report. The national...
National plan on aging ‘essential’ to addressing key issues: AARP
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jul 18, 2024
Aging, itself, isn’t a challenge — but being unprepared for aging is, according to AARP, which on Wednesday released a white paper that lays out a blueprint for developing a national plan on aging.
Bickford Senior Living joins alliance to bring value-based care to some of its communities
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jul 18, 2024
In a bid to provide personalized care while improving outcomes for its residents, Bickford Senior Living announced Wednesday that it has joined the Serviam Care Network’s Value-Based Care Alliance to...
Operator’s 30-day trial offer aims to show people assisted living ‘is not the end of the world’
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jul 17, 2024
A New York nonprofit assisted living and memory care residence is piloting a 30-day trial, offering prospective residents a chance to take a “peek under the hood” before committing to a move.
Cost, quality of care inform lists of nation’s most/least expensive assisted living communities
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jul 17, 2024
As the nation’s population of older adults begins to scrutinize their senior living options, Seniorly analyzed rates from its more than 60,000 senior living community network to create a list of the...
Clif Porter named AHCA/NCAL’s next president and CEO
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Lois A. Bowers
Jul 16, 2024
Clifton J. “Clif” Porter II, the current senior vice president of government relations for the American Health Care Association/National Center for Assisted Living, will become the groups’ next president...
Texas power grid leaves some assisted living communities without power for days, raising questions for...
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jul 16, 2024
Texas’ power grid struggled to get homes and business back online after Hurricane Beryl made landfall as a Category 1 storm last week, leaving some assisted living communities and nursing homes grappling...
Coalition once again urges action on assisted living for veterans legislation
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jul 16, 2024
A coalition of senior living and care organizations is pressing lawmakers to suspend the rules and push through a piece of legislation that would open assisted living community access to some veterans,...
OSHA-proposed rules affecting senior living providers could come by year’s end
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jul 15, 2024
Two proposed federal rules, related to workplace violence in healthcare settings and employee protections from infectious diseases, are expected to be released by year’s end and could affect aging services...