Aegis Living, SLR recognized for achieving elevated memory care standards
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Feb 26, 2024
Two assisted living and memory care providers have earned certifications for meeting elevated standards of care for people living with dementia.
Actions & Transactions, Feb. 16
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Feb 16, 2024
Capital Funding Group closes $15.3M loan to refinance Seattle senior living community … JLL arranges sale of 3 MO communities to Artimis/Scarp Ridge Arrow joint venture … LCS opens Woburn, MA, senior...
GA drops proposed staffing rule change that would have encouraged innovative care delivery, provider...
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Feb 14, 2024
After campaigning for a rule change to return to the original intent of a staffing bill affecting certified dementia care communities, senior living industry experts said they are “disappointed” that...
Senior living seeing ‘better-than-expected momentum’
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Feb 05, 2024
Senior living occupancy fell short of expectations last year but ended the year with “better than expected momentum … that sets the stage for a favorable outlook in ’24,” according to a new report...
Business briefs, Feb. 2
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Feb 02, 2024
Takeaways from NIC MAP’s fourth-quarter fundamentals release … Erickson’s Lantern Hill transitions to 80% refundable entrance fee structure … 2Life Communities’ Solimine House in Lynn, MA, awarded...
Actions & Transactions, Jan. 16
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jan 16, 2024
CentraState Health System’s Applewood to become part of FellowshipLIFE … BWE provides $13.1M financing for MA senior living community … Blueprint facilitates sale of Charlotte, NC-area senior living...
Financial hardship drives unhappiness in people living with dementia, study finds
By
Kristen Fischer
Jan 05, 2024
A new study in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society reveals just how tough it can be financially to live with dementia.
State tries to remove ‘veil of arbitration secrecy’ in memory care elder abuse case
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Dec 19, 2023
In a bid to remove a “veil of arbitration secrecy,” one state attorney general filed a motion to intervene in a lawsuit alleging elder abuse at a memory care facility.
A big lump of coal … and an opportunity
By
Lois A. Bowers
Dec 18, 2023
Christmas came early for the senior living field on Sunday, when providers collectively found a big lump of coal in the industry stocking. But that stocking also contains an opportunity.
Holiday season brings new wave of tech toys, games, aimed at older adults, memory care
By
Aaron Dorman
Nov 22, 2023
New tech, as well as updated versions of classic games, are being marketed to older adults as offering more than just entertainment.