Improving industry workforce, perceptions and access are 3 areas of focus for Argentum’s new strategic...
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Feb 09, 2023
Engaging, developing and supporting 2 million career opportunities in senior living, improving policymaker perceptions of the industry and making senior living more attractive to prospective residents...
Increasing independent living presence on many operators’ to-do lists: NIC
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
May 06, 2022
Half of long-term care executives surveyed about their care and service offering mix expect to increase their presence in independent living in the next year, according to the National Investment Center...
Where independent living inventory growth is strongest
By
Lois A. Bowers
May 24, 2018
Seven metropolitan areas account for approximately one-third of the inventory growth in independent living over the past year, according to the National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care.
Meet Jiane Bassi, Rising Star honoree
By
Emma Baumgartel
Jul 14, 2021
Jiane Bassi, associate executive director, Covenant Living of Turlock, Turlock, CA, is in the 2021 class of the McKnight’s Women of Distinction as a Rising Star honoree.
This long-term care provider keeps the lights on without throwing sleep cycles off
By
Aaron Dorman
Nov 10, 2023
Special lighting systems can help maintain seniors’ circadian rhythms and sleep cycles, one LTC operator says.
Nursing care prices increase 3.3% in January, but spending down 7.8%
By
Amy Novotney
Feb 23, 2021
National health spending on nursing care dropped 7.8% in 2020 compared with the previous year, according to a health sector economic indicator brief released Friday by nonprofit research and consulting...
Long-term care adds 9,000 jobs in May, Labor Department says
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jun 05, 2023
Nursing and residential care facilities added 9,000 jobs in May, according to employment data released Friday by the Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics.
First two assisted living communities earn AHCA/NCAL Gold Quality Awards
Aug 10, 2018
Maine Veterans Home – Machias in Machias, ME, and Sunrise of Gurnee in Gurnee, IL, have become the first free-standing assisted living communities ever to attain the Gold – Excellence in Quality...
CMS ratings show Medicare Advantage quality on the rise
By
Joe Jancsurak
Oct 15, 2020
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has awarded five-star quality ratings to 21Medicare Advantage-Part D plans and 28 contracts in total when Part D plans and cost contracts are included, for...
Fellowship Community’s Lisa Vercusky had been looking for new ways to engage with memory care residents when an online search at home led her to a tool common in Europe but virtually unheard of in the...