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Validating design excellence
By
John Andrews
Feb 01, 2017
Masterpiece Living offers clients an ‘advanced degree’ in environment to strengthen senior living communities’ cultures and objectives.
Beyond growing pains
By
John O'Connor
Feb 01, 2017
Brookdale had big plans: To become the first senior living operator with a national brand. But a troubled purchase and other headaches keep getting in the way.
A blended approach
By
Julie E. Williamson
Feb 01, 2017
As demand escalates for memory support services in the senior living sector, operators are finding that effective engagement combines high touch and high tech.
Defying convention
By
John Hall
Feb 01, 2017
Conventional wisdom holds that tech innovations are slow to take hold in senior living. Conventional wisdom is wrong.
The expansion of Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act has negatively affected vulnerable beneficiaries such as the elderly, according to a witness testifying Tuesday at a House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee...
People in the news, Jan. 31
Jan 31, 2017
Appointments, promotions and awards at Covenant Retirement Communities, Erickson Living, Front Porch, Green Hill, Jewish Home, Peconic Landing, Touchmark, Van Dyk Health Care, Watercrest and more.
Keeping it real distinguishes home from homelike
By
Glenn Blacklock
Jan 30, 2017
Some senior living organizations strive to create a homier environment with new décor, more menu items and large group activities. But do the residents gain any real control over how their lives play...
CDC: Those who reach 65 can expect to live almost 20 more years
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jan 29, 2017
Older adults who reach the age of 65 in the United States will live an average of 19.4 years longer, according to a data brief recently released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s...
Common food safety mistakes and steps to help avoid them
By
Ruth L. Petran Ph.D.
Jan 26, 2017
As you work toward making food safety practices simple and part of the culture of your community, consider implementing some of these best practices.