Workforce issues loom large as 2019 begins, leaders say
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jan 02, 2019
Workforce issues will continue to be a dominant challenge in the senior living industry in 2019, according to leaders of several organizations representing providers. But they are entering the new year...
New Senior puts half of assisted living / memory care portfolio under the microscope
By
Lois A. Bowers
May 06, 2019
New Senior Investment Group is scrutinizing 50% of the assisted living / memory care communities in its portfolio in an effort to improve the quality and performance of the portfolio, CEO Susan Givens...
People in the news, April 14
Apr 14, 2020
Appointments at Best Life Brands, CRG and Emerald Communities.
‘Everything is different’ at this year’s Argentum conference
By
Lois A. Bowers
Feb 20, 2018
“Everything is different,” Nathan Nickens, Argentum’s vice president of programming and innovation, told McKnight’s Senior Living about the organization’s 2018 Senior Living...
Operators to ‘grapple’ with COVID-related issues for at least another year, Omega CEO predicts
By
Lois A. Bowers
Nov 04, 2022
Labor costs and inflation continue to affect senior living operators in Omega Healthcare Investors’ portfolio, executives said Thursday on the Hunt Valley, MD-based real estate investment trust’s third-quarter...
Comments open on overtime proposal, update issued on joint-employer proposal
By
Lois A. Bowers
Mar 25, 2019
May 21 is the deadline to submit comments about the Labor Department’s proposed overtime pay rule, the department announced Friday, the same day National Labor Relations Board Chairman John Ring released...
Brookdale may turn up the heat in 2018
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jun 09, 2016
Some might not consider Brookdale’s current strategy sexy, the company CEO said Thursday, but the country’s largest senior living provider may turn up the heat in 2018.
Proposed HCBS rule could diminish service access, hamper provider retention efforts, 11 senators tell...
By
Lois A. Bowers
Feb 20, 2024
A proposed federal rule that would require providers of home- and community-based services to spend at least 80% of the Medicaid payments they receive for personal care, homemaker and home health aide...
Former directors plead guilty for actions that may have led to scabies-related deaths
By
Lois A. Bowers
Feb 05, 2018
Two former directors of an Oregon memory care community have pleaded guilty to felonies related to a scabies outbreak that state officials said could have contributed to the deaths of at least three residents.
People in the news, Sept. 20
By
Lois A. Bowers
Sep 19, 2016
Lifespace says appointments designed to position organization for mergers and acquisitions, Norterre names chief operating officer, Lutheran Senior Services names director of clinical resources, Dominion...