Transitioning to life in a senior living community can be a challenge. Operators can help ease the adjustment by making residents feel right at home.
Wandering tech
By
John Hall
Aug 01, 2016
New breakthroughs could make elopement risk a thing of the past.
Tech’s newest ‘Uber’
By
John Hall
Jun 03, 2019
New tools are fostering greater independence.
California mulls assisted living cameras
By
John Hall
Feb 04, 2015
California may allow some form of videotaping in assisted living facilities, following mounting pressures from concerned families and positive outcomes from an Orange County facility that installed the...
2014 banner year for senior living providers; top lists released
By
John Hall
Mar 28, 2015
Senior living providers had a remarkably positive 2014, marked by record investments and acquisitions, growing occupancy rates and swelling demand, according to the annual analysis of the largest senior...
Assisted living resident kicked out after hiring prostitutes with liquor-sale proceeds
By
John Hall
May 13, 2015
An assisted living facility was willing to look the other way whenever one of its residents would return from a “booze run” to pander liquor to other residents, but not when its staff discovered...
Middle muddle
By
John Hall
Oct 21, 2019
Investors eye margins, and developers explore affordable options.
A Q&A with NIC’s Robert Kramer
By
John Hall
Sep 13, 2016
Robert G. Kramer, founder and CEO of the National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care, recently spoke with McKnight’s about the current state and future prospects of independent living,...
First impressions
By
John Hall
Aug 01, 2019
The right furniture is essential to create a welcoming environment that residents will find attractive, comfortable and therapeutic.
Focus On: Money at the root of many staffing-related challenges
By
John Hall
Feb 13, 2020
It’s no secret why senior living operators are having such a difficult time finding and keeping qualified employees.