First ‘LGBT-affirming’ senior housing community opens in San Diego
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Lois A. Bowers
May 01, 2018
The grand opening for San Diego’s first “LGBT-affirming” senior housing community, North Park Seniors, was Friday.
New lead-generation effort launches for senior living
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Lois A. Bowers
Apr 04, 2018
A new platform has launched with the goal of helping to connect senior living communities and prospective residents looking for new places to live.
Brookdale Senior Living names interim CFO
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Lois A. Bowers
Mar 28, 2018
Brookdale Senior Living has named Teresa F. Sparks interim chief financial officer, the company announced Tuesday in an SEC filing. Another filing detailed compensation for new CEO Cindy Baier and Non-Executive...
Dementia, affordable housing advocates cheer spending bill provisions
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Lois A. Bowers
Mar 23, 2018
Supporters of Alzheimer’s disease-related health promotion, dementia research, falls prevention and affordable housing are cheering provisions contained in a $1.3 trillion, 2,232-page fiscal year...
Theft charges could lead to decades in prison, $1.5 million in fines for former assisted living business...
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Lois A. Bowers
Mar 23, 2018
The former business manager of a Morristown, NJ, assisted living community faces the potential of decades in prison and up to $1.5 million in fines if found guilty of charges related to the theft of approximately...
IRS scams top complaint to Senate Aging Committee fraud hotline for third year in a row
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Lois A. Bowers
Mar 08, 2018
For the third consecutive year, in 2017, IRS impersonation scams were the top type of scams reported to the Senate Special Committee on Aging’s fraud hotline, according to the committee, which released...
Federal government sues Wisconsin operator over flu shot requirement
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Lois A. Bowers
Mar 07, 2018
The Justice Department announced Tuesday that it has sued a Wisconsin county that operates a senior living community, alleging that the community discriminated against an employee by not granting her a...
Pushing for the right kinds of change
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Lois A. Bowers
Feb 21, 2018
LeadingAge’s board chair talks about the labor and policy challenges operators must face.
Repeal of the Affordable Care Act, reform of the Medicaid program to fund it through per capita caps or block grants, and cuts to affordable housing programs all are proposed as part of President Trump’s...
Why the GAO report ultimately could be good news for assisted living
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Lois A. Bowers
Feb 12, 2018
The increased attention brought by a recent GAO report may be uncomfortable for those in the assisted living industry in the short term, but the health policy experts with whom I spoke suggest that the...