As Robert Kramer prepares to pass the CEO baton to Brian Jurutka at the National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care, both discuss the organization’s past and future in this exclusive interview.
National study of cognitive therapy begins at senior living communities
By
Lois A. Bowers
Mar 12, 2017
Can a cognitive rehabilitation therapy from Japan alleviate symptoms such as apathy and depressed mood and improve quality of life and cognitive and physical functioning in older adults who have mild to...
Inventory growth knocks assisted living occupancy to lowest point since 2009
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Lois A. Bowers
Jul 12, 2017
Occupancy rates for assisted living communities reached their lowest point in eight years in the second quarter, driven down by inventory growth that outpaced healthy absorption rates, according to data...
$125,000 NIC study will assess demand for middle-market seniors housing
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Lois A. Bowers
Apr 11, 2017
The National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care is spending $125,000 to study the demand for middle-market seniors housing, the organization formally announced Monday. NIC CEO Robert G. Kramer...
Alligator attack suspected in senior living resident death
By
Lois A. Bowers
Aug 02, 2016
A South Carolina senior living community resident has died after apparently being attacked by an alligator. And the incident is not the first one in the United States this year involving a senior living...
Assisted suicide expands
By
John O'Connor
Aug 01, 2016
While assisted suicide remains highly controversial, it appears that more states are inclined to make the option legal for those beset by terminal conditions.
Despite headlines, GAO report does not portend major changes for assisted living, industry leaders say
By
Lois A. Bowers
May 13, 2018
Some assisted living community operators understandably were concerned in February after the Government Accountability Office released a report about federal oversight of assisted living services offered...
DOJ: New task force efforts not limited to nursing homes
By
Lois A. Bowers
Mar 30, 2016
The 10 regional Elder Justice Task Forces announced by the Department of Justice on March 30 will focus on pursuing nursing homes that provide “grossly substandard” care to their residents,...
Report suggests ways to increase staff retention, productivity
By
Lois A. Bowers
Dec 08, 2016
A new report released Thursday by the University of California, San Francisco, Health Workforce Research Center on Long-Term Care shares several steps that senior living organizations can take to try to...
States increasing regulatory requirements for assisted living, report says
By
Lois A. Bowers
Oct 04, 2017
States gradually are increasing their oversight of assisted living communities, according to a report released Tuesday by the National Center for Assisted Living.