Retirement community’s food director recorded men in employee locker room, police say
By
Lois A. Bowers
Oct 16, 2017
The food director at a Connecticut continuing care retirement community has lost his job and is facing three counts of voyeurism after allegedly installing a video camera and surreptitiously recording...
When disaster preparedness pays off
By
Rick Kamminga
Oct 16, 2017
With advance planning and masterful execution, the Watermark Retirement Communities team was able to care for residents and create an environment where they thrived, even in the midst of Hurricane Irma....
Ombudsman challenges operator’s post-hurricane assessment to residents
By
Lois A. Bowers
Oct 13, 2017
A Florida senior living community operator says that a $350 extra assessment it is charging residents in the wake of Hurricane Irma is permissible under the terms of its residency agreement. The state...
Senior Insight customers now have access to Briggs forms
Oct 13, 2017
Briggs Healthcare and Senior Insight, an assisted living management software company, have partnered to provide Senior Insight customers with access to digital Briggs forms through eBriggs.
Fighting loneliness among older adults
By
Kristine Theurer
Oct 12, 2017
There’s a way to combat social isolation in senior living that is practical, cost effective, transformative and revolutionary.
Alzheimer’s in danger of straining public funding: report
By
Lois A. Bowers
Oct 05, 2017
Social and demographic trends combined with an expected increase in the incidence of Alzheimer’s diseases due to the growing size of the aging population are in danger of colliding to strain local,...
Helping residents, facilities reap benefits of cost-effective health screenings
By
Kevin Kenney
Oct 05, 2017
Business intelligence and information technology are making health screenings more convenient for older adults, enabling them as well as their care providers to benefit.
Four takeaways from the NIC meeting
By
John O'Connor
Oct 05, 2017
While I have been attending NIC conferences for more than two decades, I marvel at how relevant and informative they continue to be. The 2017 event was no exception. Here are but four takeaways from last...
Insignia’s communities in Puerto Rico ‘stronger than ever’ as Hurricane Maria recovery...
By
Lois A. Bowers
Oct 04, 2017
It may be quite some time before the three Insignia Senior Living communities on Puerto Rico have fully recovered from Hurricane Maria. Staff, residents’ family members, neighbors and friends are...
Seniors housing — and a whole lot more
By
Lois A. Bowers
Oct 03, 2017
Action Pact CEO Steve Shields talks about an integrated concept that just might redefine the sector.