Older adults with food insecurity face faster decline in executive function
Mar 28, 2023
No association was seen for changes in immediate or delayed memory.
Drug shortages rose by 30 percent in 2022, US Senate report shows
Mar 23, 2023
Though 295 drugs were in shortage last year, the latest number is 130; about 15 critical drug products have been scarce for a decade.
People in the news, March 21
Mar 21, 2023
Appointments, promotions and other news at Acts Retirement–Life Communities, AMDA–The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care, Anthem Memory Care, Charter Senior Living, Discovery Senior Living,...
75 percent of Invesque properties now senior living, CEO says
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 17, 2023
Seventy-five percent of Invesque’s properties as of the end of 2022 are senior living communities — independent living, assisted living and memory care, Chairman and CEO Scott White said Thursday during...
70 percent of assisted living providers still report significant or severe workforce shortage
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Mar 16, 2023
Seventy percent of assisted living providers responding to a newly released LeadingAge workforce poll said they still are experiencing a significant or severe workforce shortage.
Long-term care ‘full bore ahead’ on DEIB initiatives
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 15, 2023
Corporate diversity pledges have fallen off at some companies amid layoffs, according to media reports, but long-term care is “full bore ahead on [diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging],” a representative...
Proposed legislation would restore worker tax cuts, support unionization efforts
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 13, 2023
Democrat senators introduced two bills Thursday that they claim will make the tax code fairer for workers. The bills aim to ease workers’ tax burden and crack down on corporate anti-union practices
Senior living and care pricing could decrease due to cap rates, operating expenses: survey
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 08, 2023
If not offset by record-setting rental rate growth, expected capitalization rate expansion and rising operating expenses could lead to a decrease in senior living and care pricing this year. That’s according...
Good Sam, Ebenezer parents’ merger faces new challenge from healthcare union
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 07, 2023
A planned merger between the parent companies of the Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Society and Ebenezer Senior Living, which seemed all but certain a few months ago, is facing mounting challenges...
Pennant commits to redoubling leadership investments to continue ‘transformational’ growth
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Feb 27, 2023
The Pennant Group posted full-year and fourth-quarter results that demonstrated progress in 2022 and “meaningful momentum” heading into 2023 due to investments in people, CEO Brent Guerisoli during...