The 4 top safety concerns in senior care — and how to address them
By
Lois A. Bowers
Dec 19, 2018
A new report from the International Association for Healthcare Security and Safety describes the top four security and safety concerns in assisted living communities, skilled nursing facilities and CCRCs,...
Florida assisted living and nursing home operators say they will avoid potential $1,000-per-day fines and loss of licensure after an appeals court Tuesday handed down a decision that emergency rules requiring...
Insurance rates add to financial challenges facing Florida’s assisted living operators
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jun 04, 2024
The rapid increase in commercial property insurance rates in Florida was the final straw for some senior living providers still struggling with workforce challenges, rising wages and inflation.
Holiday, Brookdale among those battling Harvey
By
Lois A. Bowers
Aug 29, 2017
A photo from a Texas assisted living community became a social media sensation on Sunday, sending visual confirmation of the destruction that Hurricane/Tropical Storm Harvey brought to the Lone Star State...
Florida regulator moves to close ALF affiliated with rehab center that lost 12 residents after Irma
By
Lois A. Bowers
Oct 02, 2017
The Florida Agency for Health Care Administration has taken actions to close an assisted living community owned by the same company that owns the rehabilitation center where a Hurricane Irma-related air...
Florida governor gives assisted living communities 60 days to get generators
By
Lois A. Bowers
Sep 18, 2017
Following the death of eight residents of a facility that lost air conditioning as a result of Hurricane Irma, Florida Gov. Rick Scott on Saturday gave all assisted living communities and nursing homes...
California senior living communities prepare for another potential power outage
By
Lois A. Bowers
Oct 23, 2019
Some senior living operators in California are preparing for another potential planned power outage that could come late Wednesday evening, last several days and affect parts of 15 counties.
Another state looks at requiring generators in assisted living communities
By
Lois A. Bowers
Apr 04, 2019
Assisted living communities in North Carolina would be required to have generators for use during power outages under a bill being considered by state legislators.
Bill requiring backup power disclosures to residents on way to becoming law
By
Lois A. Bowers
Feb 14, 2019
A bill requiring assisted living operators to inform prospective residents of a community’s emergency power preparations is headed to a governor’s office for signing after it passed in both houses...
Administrator, nurses charged with manslaughter for resident deaths after Hurricane Irma
By
Lois A. Bowers
Aug 27, 2019
Four former employees of the now-closed Florida long-term care facility where 12 residents died in 2017 after a power outage related to Hurricane Irma knocked out the facility’s air conditioning were...