200 robotic pets provide companionship, escape from loneliness of pandemic
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Oct 01, 2021
Orange County, CA, assisted living residents are among the latest in senior living to enjoy the companionship of new furry friends and an escape from the isolation of the pandemic, thanks to a program...
Remote-controlled robots being tested to assess residents living with dementia
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Sep 28, 2021
Health practitioners in Scotland are piloting a remote-controlled robot to assess the physical and cognitive health of care home residents with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias.
Business briefs, Aug. 18
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Aug 18, 2021
Former LeadingAge Board Chair, Ecumen CEO Kathryn Roberts remembered as ‘transformational leader’ … Otterbein SeniorLife, Kendal at Granville to affiliate … SNF settles Medicare...
How to increase vaccination rates? It starts at home (care)
By
Liza Berger
Aug 13, 2021
A more effective approach to combating vaccine hesitancy is when a peer talks to another peer about it, being genuinely curious, thoughtful and caring.
Meet Robyn Stone, Hall of Honor inductee
By
Emma Baumgartel
Jul 20, 2021
Robyn Stone, SVP research, LeadingAge, Washington D.C., and co-director, LeadingAge LTSS Center @UMass Boston, as a Hall of Honor inductee.
Pendulum for primary care is swinging back to the home, VillageMD co-founder says
By
Diane Eastabrook
Jun 23, 2021
VillageMD co-founder Paul Martino predicts the U.S. healthcare system is returning to its roots whereby primary care physicians — not big hospital systems — drive patient care, along with better, more...
Dream Flights
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 21, 2021
Discovery Senior Living is partnering with Dream Flights to locate and provide opportunities for World War II veterans to fly aboard a restored Boeing Stearman biplanes. Learn more, and find out how to...
Man used senior living residents’ identities in $1.5 million COVID-19 relief fraud scheme, DOJ says
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Mar 25, 2021
A Florida man is facing the potential of more than 30 years in prison after being indicted for COVID-19 relief fraud for allegedly using the identities of senior living residents to obtain more than $1.5...
Financial incentives, elimination of regulatory barriers may help expand availability of small-house...
By
Amy Novotney
Jan 11, 2021
Despite evidence that residents within one of the best-known alternative nursing home models, the Green House Project, have fared much better amid the COVID-19 pandemic than those in traditional skilled...
Big senior living stories of 2020
By
Lois A. Bowers
Dec 22, 2020
A year ago, nobody in the U.S. senior living industry would have predicted that a pandemic would upend everyone’s personal and professional lives in 2020. But COVID-19 undoubtedly was the story of the...