Juniper to promote ‘wellspan’ through new membership-based program
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Aug 22, 2022
Bloomfield, NJ-based Juniper Communities has launched Catalyst, a membership-based health and well-being program the company hopes will bring about the “next generation of senior living” by creating...
Assisted living providers should be allowed to lead Medicare ACOs, advocacy group says
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Oct 23, 2023
Medicare’s Shared Savings Program should be amended to allow more provider types — including assisted living providers — to lead its accountable care organizations, Nicole Fallon, LeadingAge vice...
Pandemic was ‘ignition switch’ to underscore quality-of-life issues for residents, staff: experts
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jul 20, 2022
Indoor air quality is one of the most significant factors in creating a healthy environment in senior living communities and skilled nursing facilities, according to panelists who spoke during a McKnight’s...
Cementing senior living’s role in care continuum key focus area for NIC
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Mar 03, 2023
SAN DIEGO — Senior living is part of the continuum of care. The theme of the National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care Spring Conference echoed throughout Thursday’s sessions taking a look...
Assisted living communities not healthcare providers, not immune from COVID lawsuits, judge says
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jan 03, 2024
A wrongful death lawsuit alleging failure to comply with COVID-19 protocols can move forward after a circuit court judge ruled that assisted living communities are not healthcare providers and therefore...
COVID-19 vaccinations: ‘It’s about the people we live around,’ expert says
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Nov 29, 2022
Although experts expect that the United States will see an increase in COVID-19 infections and cases throughout the winter, they are optimistic that vaccines, antiviral medications and natural immunity...
Bill calls for $165 million in funding for Alzheimer’s-related initiatives
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Feb 12, 2024
Bipartisan bills recently introduced in the US Senate and House of Representatives, if passed as written and signed into law, would fund public health initiatives related to Alzheimer’s disease to the...
Felony charge filed against worker in cleaning solution death of memory care resident
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jan 31, 2023
An assisted living worker has been charged with felony elder abuse following the August death of a 94-year-old resident living with dementia who mistakenly drank a cleaning solution.
Study proving longevity benefits of senior living is something for operators to ‘jump up and down’...
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Mar 06, 2024
Older adults who live in senior living communities live longer, receive more healthcare services and benefit from greater rehabilitative and preventive care within the first two years of moving into a...
$81 million NIH grant will study dementia care through workforce in assisted living, other settings
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Oct 05, 2023
A five-year, $81 million federal grant will fund a study to better understand the workforce caring for assisted living residents and others who are living with dementia in hopes of helping with recruitment...