Assisted living operators increasingly are serving residents with severe physical and cognitive challenges, are accepting Medicaid dollars and are getting into trouble while doing so. In other words, they...
Is Alzheimer’s research about to go down a new path?
By
John O'Connor
May 07, 2019
By finding ways to prevent connection losses, the disease progression potentially could be delayed or even reversed, experts said.
And the new CCRC concept will be called…
By
John O'Connor
Oct 16, 2015
LeadingAge plans to announce a replacement term for “continuing care retirement community” during its November convention, McKnight’s Senior Living has learned.
Coronavirus toll on state revenues could spill over
By
John O'Connor
Jul 09, 2020
As a coronavirus-caused recession continues to take hold, state and local governments are being forced to cut back support to schools, health programs and other support services, the Wall Street Journal...
Ziegler: Future challenges are all about people
By
John O'Connor
Oct 19, 2015
Meeting the demand for additional workers will be one of the three most pressing challenges facing operators in the future, according to experts who spoke at Ziegler’s 18th Annual Senior Living Finance...
Trump taking advantage of COVID-19 to bust unions, critics claim
By
John O'Connor
Apr 14, 2020
Unions are alleging that the Trump administration — and more specifically, the Republican-controlled National Labor Relations Board — is taking advantage of the COVID-19 pandemic to further weaken...
Mnuchin: Unemployed should not get what amounts to a raise while off the job
By
John O'Connor
Jul 13, 2020
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin recently said the White House wants to cap enhanced unemployment benefits in the next coronavirus package. One reason: so workers do not get benefits that exceed what...
So, senior living isn’t healthcare after all?
By
John O'Connor
Jan 04, 2024
The senior living industry’s reinvention as a healthcare player just received a notable setback. In a court room, of all places. As McKnight’s Senior Living recently reported, a circuit court judge...
Policy shift could enhance staffing efforts
By
John O'Connor
Jun 20, 2024
Senior living might get some unexpected but welcome staffing assistance from a new executive order about immigration.
Senior living residents more interested in how organizations are run
By
John O'Connor
Dec 15, 2017
Senior living managers are sensing heightened resident interest in transparency- and engagement-related issues, a new report finds.