Senior living operators might be excused for feeling as if there is a big ol’ target on their backs these days.
Exercise significantly improves quality of life for assisted living residents: studies
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
May 15, 2023
Two new studies are touting the benefits of exercise for assisted living and nursing home residents.
Bill aims to privatize annual nursing home, assisted living inspections
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Feb 08, 2023
Proposed legislation before the Arizona Legislature, if passed, would privatize annual inspections of skilled nursing facilities and assisted living communities by creating a third-party entity to make...
CMS proposes ‘universal’ quality measures to ease provider burden, confusion
By
Lois A. Bowers
Feb 06, 2023
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services leaders are proposing the creation of a “universal foundation” of quality measures to reduce the reporting burden and confusion for providers and better align...
Family caregivers provide 2 extra ‘shifts’ of care per week per resident in assisted living: study
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jan 23, 2023
Informal caregivers provide two extra “shifts” of care per resident weekly in assisted living communities, equating to 65 hours per month per resident, according to the authors of a study recently...
Senior living’s challenge of omission and commission
By
John O'Connor
Sep 22, 2022
Long-term care could be made better with funding from Congress. But for now, it appears we’ll have to settle for a congressional commission.
Assisted living communities should be integrated into greater community, report recommends
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Sep 08, 2022
Assisted living communities and other congregate care settings are “vital” and should be more fully integrated into surrounding communities through short-term respite care, adult day services, and...
New law gives funding boost to affordable assisted living program
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jun 02, 2022
An Illinois nursing home reform bill signed into law this week includes funding for a supportive living alternative that is part of the continuum of care offered by some senior living providers.
15 percent of off-label antipsychotic use in assisted living may be inappropriate, but nursing home reduction...
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Sep 14, 2021
The rate of potentially inappropriate prescribing of drugs in assisted living is 15% for antipsychotics and 21% for antianxiety medications, according to the authors of a new study published in JAMDA,...
AHCA / NCAL, AMDA blast ‘short-sighted’ plans to discharge people with COVID-19 from hospitals to...
By
Lois A. Bowers
Mar 30, 2020
“The question all state officials must consider is whether the risk of introducing a virus with an estimated 30% or higher mortality rate into a nursing home or assisted living community outweighs...