To remain relevant, senior living operators must continue to innovate: speakers
By
Amy Novotney
Nov 20, 2020
Despite COVID-19 and its effects, one constant remains: the aging process continues.
Direct care workers experience pandemic challenges, but rate employer preparation, communication high:...
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Nov 19, 2020
Direct care workers have encountered many work-related challenges during the pandemic, but they say their employers have prepared them and communicated well about COVID, according to the results of a recent...
Flipping mindset to focus on the future will help CCRCs thrive post-pandemic: speakers
By
Amy Novotney
Nov 19, 2020
One of the biggest outcomes of the pandemic on the life plan / continuing care retirement community sector has been giant leaps made in recognizing the importance of connectivity within the lives of older...
‘We’re entering a very difficult period,’ former FDA commissioner says of pandemic
By
Lois A. Bowers
Nov 18, 2020
Former Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, M.D., had some sobering words Tuesday for a senior living industry that has been battling the coronavirus pandemic for more than eight months...
Opportunities are on the horizon for senior living development, expansions: panel
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Nov 18, 2020
The world might be in the midst of a global pandemic, but the silver lining is, it’s a good time to plan new communities, expansions and repositionings, according to development and marketing experts...
81 percent of providers encourage residents not to travel for holidays: poll
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Nov 17, 2020
Eighty-one percent of senior living and care providers responding to a recent survey say that they are encouraging their residents not to travel during the upcoming holidays, due to the pandemic.
CEO shares wish list for change and ‘most radical thought of all’
By
Lois A. Bowers
Nov 13, 2020
LeadingAge President and CEO Katie Smith Sloan on Thursday shared a long wish list of areas that providers could work toward making realities within the industry and in the world in general. “We do know...
Supply chain management challenges continue to plague senior living providers: LeadingAge panel
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Nov 13, 2020
When COVID-19 hit the United States in late February at a nursing home in Kirkland, WA, senior living providers had no idea they would be in a race for personal protective equipment that would challenge...
Become ‘roaring mouse’ to battle negative narratives created by COVID-19 pandemic: speakers
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Nov 12, 2020
COVID-19 found aging services providers in the trenches battling negative narratives. Countering those messages, however, industry professionals collectively became the “mouse that roared,” according...
COVID-19 shouldn’t stop senior living operators from planning for the future: speakers
By
Amy Novotney
Nov 11, 2020
Shortly after the COVID-19 pandemic began, Asbury Communities President and CEO Doug Leidig knew he needed to abandon his firm’s current five-year strategic plan, which was supposed to be in place until...