93-year-old Graceworks Lutheran Services to get first woman CEO, Judy Budi
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jan 16, 2019
Joining a growing list of women recently named to lead senior living organizations, Judy A. Budi will become the president and CEO of Centerville, OH-based Graceworks Lutheran Services effective March...
Age is not just a number
By
Lois A. Bowers
Nov 12, 2018
Until we as individuals and as a society view age and aging more positively, one can’t blame a man for asking a court to make him legally younger.
Man arrested in assassination of Haiti’s president has ties to U.S. senior living industry
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jul 12, 2021
One of the two Americans arrested in relation to the assassination of Haiti President Jovenel Moise on Wednesday worked for a major U.S. senior living company until earlier this year, and another major...
CNN: 16,000+ cases of sexual abuse in long-term care facilities reported since 2000
By
Lois A. Bowers
Feb 22, 2017
More than 16,000 cases of sexual abuse have been reported in nursing homes and assisted living communities since 2000, according to a report published by CNN on Wednesday.
No Scrooges at these communities
By
Lois A. Bowers
Nov 28, 2016
In the final month or so of each year, our thoughts frequently focus on our own good fortune and ways that we can bring happiness to others’ lives. Residents and others at several senior living communities...
In a giving mood
By
Lois A. Bowers
Nov 21, 2016
As the holidays approach, several senior living communities are partaking in fun projects to relay the vibrancy of senior living residents or informative projects to help employees, residents, prospective...
HUD to improve oversight of efforts to connect elderly with services
By
Lois A. Bowers
Oct 05, 2016
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development will develop guidance on monitoring Section 202 properties that have service coordinators by December, according to a new report by the Government Accountability...
No bones about it: Baseball player is a fan of senior living
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jun 08, 2016
When some residents from The Piper attend a game at CommunityAmerica Ballpark this Saturday, they’ll be supporting one of their fellow residents. Kansas City T-Bones pitcher Casey Barnes has moved...
Rates up, property totals down at Brookdale
By
Lois A. Bowers
May 10, 2016
January rate increases for existing assisted living and memory care residents, as well as higher selling rates, were the primary factors behind the 4.2% year-over-year increase in revenue per occupied...
Elder abuse screening tool is on HHS wish list
By
Lois A. Bowers
Apr 27, 2016
Assessment is one of three areas in elder justice on which the new administration beginning its work in 2017 should focus, said an HHS official during an April 27 meeting of the Elder Justice Coordinating...