Study proving longevity benefits of senior living is something for operators to ‘jump up and down’...
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Mar 06, 2024
Older adults who live in senior living communities live longer, receive more healthcare services and benefit from greater rehabilitative and preventive care within the first two years of moving into a...
Honorees shine at sixth annual McKnight’s Women of Distinction event
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
May 15, 2024
Senior living, skilled nursing and home care representatives celebrated the accomplishments of many during the 2024 McKnight’s Women of Distinction Awards and Forum ceremony Tuesday at the JW Marriott...
Financial burden of dementia poses challenges for older adults, caregivers, payers: researchers
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Feb 09, 2024
The growing population of older adults brings with it an increased prevalence of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias. Two new papers look at the increasing financial burden on people living with...
Assisted Living Report Card allows consumers to compare communities based on reviews, inspections
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jan 30, 2024
A new Assisted Living Report Card launched Monday in Minnesota, allowing consumers to compare assisted living communities based on resident and family reviews, along with state inspection ratings.
Gen X moves to forefront of influence as employees, adult children of prospects, residents
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Feb 07, 2024
Move over, forgotten middle. There’s another forgotten group, a generation asserting its influence over all aspects of society, including senior living, according to the Mather Institute.
Innovative opportunities to serve the middle market are waiting: panel
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Feb 02, 2024
The time has come for the senior housing and care sector to figure out how to scale housing and services to meet the needs of the growing market of middle-income older adults, a panel of experts said Thursday.
Leverage philanthropy or miss out, Asbury exec advises as $60M campaign begins
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Mar 14, 2024
JD Shuman is hoping other senior living providers can learn from the experience of Asbury Communities and the Asbury Foundation in using philanthropic programs to meet key goals and differentiate offerings...
Medicaid Access Rule shortcomings could decrease access to care, industry advocates say
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 23, 2024
No guarantee exists that a final rule that the federal government promoted as increasing transparency in Medicaid payments and improving wages for direct care workers will accomplish either goal, senior...
Federal bill would provide $32.5 million for states to create master plans for aging
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Mar 01, 2024
A proposed nationwide grant program aims to give states up to $32.5 million collectively to develop master plans for aging to support the “massive demographic shift” that will, for the first time,...
Leaders debate what to change, retain in senior living
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
May 01, 2024
PHOENIX—If there was one good thing to come out of the COVID-19 pandemic, it was “everyone opening the kimono,” being raw and asking for help, according to a panel of C-suite senior living experts...