CMS changes quality measure set for home- and community-based services
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Lois A. Bowers
Apr 15, 2024
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced changes to the quality measure set for home- and community-based services and described reporting requirements for Money Follows the Person grant...
DOJ accuses South Carolina of unnecessarily segregating adults with mental illness in assisted living
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Lois A. Bowers
Jul 10, 2023
The state of South Carolina violates the Americans with Disabilities Act by unnecessarily segregating adults with serious mental illness in assisted living communities, the US Department of Justice said...
Assisted living ‘ignored’ in COVID-19 discussions, expert tells Senate Aging Committee
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Lois A. Bowers
May 22, 2020
Although assisted living communities are home to residents who “are completely just as vulnerable” as nursing home residents to COVID-19, “we sort of tend to ignore them in these situations” because...
Assisted living’s image problem
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Lois A. Bowers
Jul 09, 2018
An Arizona sheriff’s office is taking time for introspection after a 92-year-old woman reportedly shot and killed her 72-year-old son because he wanted her to move to an assisted living community....
Will Trump’s election affect value-based care efforts?
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Lois A. Bowers
Nov 09, 2016
How will Donald J. Trump’s election to the nation’s highest office affect senior care providers that are operating under Affordable Care Act provisions that incentivize value-based care over...
CDC report updates profile of assisted living residents
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Lois A. Bowers
Mar 06, 2019
Bathing is the most common activity of daily living with which residents of assisted living or similar residential communities need help, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control...
Help coupled residents by focusing on individual and shared needs
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Lois A. Bowers
Dec 07, 2016
Senior living communities can support residents who are part of couples by focusing on their individual needs as well as their shared needs, according to the results of a recent study.
Survey reveals opportunities for cultural accommodation in assisted living
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Lois A. Bowers
Jul 30, 2018
Many Hispanic adults participating in a recent poll said they perceive issues related to language, food and religion at assisted living communities. Assisted living communities fared better than nursing...
Parkinson: 4 reasons operators will survive tough times
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Lois A. Bowers
Oct 17, 2017
Las Vegas — Despite the “tough” political and regulatory environment, assisted living and skilled nursing providers “will make it through this. And many of you will not only survive;...
Assisted living affects nursing home finances but not occupancy: study
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Lois A. Bowers
Sep 17, 2018
Although the presence of assisted living communities may create competitive pressures that affect the nursing home finances, it does not have a significant negative effect on nursing home occupancy, according...