Senior living needs COVID-19 testing kits for asymptomatic residents and staff, CEOs say
By
Lois A. Bowers
Apr 23, 2020
Assisted living communities and skilled nursing facilities must be given immediate access to COVID-19 testing kits to be able to identify asymptomatic residents and staff members and prevent the spread...
Sprinkler, staffing legislation follows fatal fire at CCRC
By
Lois A. Bowers
Mar 28, 2019
Sprinklers, safety and staffing levels are the focuses of legislation that a Pennsylvania senator plans to introduce in response to the deaths of four residents after a five-alarm fire at a continuing...
CCRC ‘deeply distressed’ that main sprinkler valve appears to have been off during fatal fire
By
Lois A. Bowers
Feb 05, 2019
The executive director of a Pennsylvania continuing care retirement community where four residents died in a November 2017 fire said the provider was “deeply distressed” that investigators, according...
16 assisted living operators to help Alzheimer’s Association test dementia care program
By
Lois A. Bowers
Sep 20, 2018
Sixteen assisted living operators across 12 states and the nation’s capital have signed on to help test an Alzheimer’s Association program that could enhance the care of residents with dementia.
CCRC didn’t enforce no-smoking policy, so four died in fire, lawsuit says
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jun 15, 2018
The daughter of a husband and wife who died in the five-alarm fire at Barclay Friends in November filed a civil lawsuit against the West Chester, PA, continuing care retirement community on Tuesday, claiming...
CCRC where fatal fire occurred reopens skilled nursing building
By
Lois A. Bowers
Apr 05, 2018
The Pennsylvania continuing care retirement community where four residents died in a five-alarm fire in November has reopened its skilled nursing building and announced plans to start construction of a...
4 residents presumed dead after Pennsylvania CCRC fire as Idaho operator recovers from a blaze
By
Lois A. Bowers
Nov 21, 2017
Four residents of a Pennsylvania retirement community remained missing Monday and were presumed dead after a five-alarm fire at the community that began Thursday. Across the country in Idaho, another senior...
LeadingAge leaders share a plan for ‘turbulent times’
By
Lois A. Bowers
Oct 31, 2017
The past year has been one of “natural disasters and political upheaval,” LeadingAge President and CEO Katie Smith Sloan told those attending Monday’s general session at the LeadingAge...