Brookdale sees 10 months of occupancy growth, sets labor, occupancy goals for 2022
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Lois A. Bowers
Feb 16, 2022
Entering 2022 having experienced 10 months of sequential weighted average occupancy growth, Brentwood, TN-based Brookdale Senior Living has identified strategies to improve occupancy further as well as...
McKnight’s welcomes inaugural class of 15 Veteran VIPs as Women of Distinction
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Lois A. Bowers
Feb 18, 2021
Fifteen women who have worked in senior living or skilled nursing for more than 15 years are being recognized today as Veteran VIPs in the McKnight’s Women of Distinction awards program for 2021. The...
‘Misleading’ report tied to federal bill with COVID-19-related requirements for assisted living,...
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Lois A. Bowers
Jul 06, 2020
Assisted living communities would be required to report confirmed or suspected cases of COVID-19 to federal, state and local health officials, as well as to residents and their families — and would have...
Limit visitors to address ‘significant challenge’ of COVID-19, AHCA / NCAL says; Argentum, Brookdale...
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Lois A. Bowers
Mar 11, 2020
Assisted living communities should limit access to only those individuals who are critical to the operational or care needs of their buildings in order to prevent “dire consequences” that could result...
McKnight’s announces second annual class of Hall of Honor inductees in Women of Distinction awards
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Lois A. Bowers
Feb 20, 2020
Twenty-two women will be inducted into the McKnight’s Women of Distinction Hall of Honor as part of the second annual class.
People in the news, Jan. 21
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Lois A. Bowers
Jan 21, 2020
Promotions and appointments at Acts Retirement-Life Communities, Birch Bay Retirement Village, Buckner Retirement Services, Capitol Seniors Housing, CareOne, Catholic Eldercare, Cogir Management USA, Erickson...
Big senior living stories of 2019
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Lois A. Bowers
Dec 23, 2019
Here’s a look at some of the news that occupied many minds in senior living over the past year.
Brookdale announces hire for newly created president of senior living position, Cindy Kent
By
Lois A. Bowers
Dec 04, 2019
Brentwood, TN-based Brookdale Senior Living, the country’s largest senior living provider, has created a new position of executive vice president and president of senior living and has hired Cindy R....
5 takeaways from Brookdale’s appearance at the Nashville Investment Conference
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Lois A. Bowers
Nov 14, 2019
Brookdale Senior Living executives shared the company’s efforts to improve move-ins, resident satisfaction and employee retention when they appeared Wednesday at the 2019 Nashville Investment Conference....
$35 million ‘whistleblower’ lawsuit dropped against Brookdale Senior Living
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Lois A. Bowers
Oct 07, 2019
A former utilization review nurse at Brookdale Senior Living who claimed the country’s largest senior living company fraudulently billed the Medicare program for $35 million dropped her lawsuit on Monday.