Dina Capek, health services director at Royal Oaks, a Sun City, AZ, retirement community with independent living, assisted living and memory care, recently spoke with McKnight’s Senior Living about how...
Recovering from emotional, economic effects of pandemic will dominate senior living in 2021
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jan 04, 2021
Virus-related matters will dominate the actions of senior living owners and operators for the time being, industry leaders told McKnight’s Senior Living.
Your favorite columns of 2018
By
Lois A. Bowers
Dec 21, 2018
We’ve examined the analytics to reveal which subjects were top blog topics of interest for McKnight’s Senior Living website visitors, newsletter readers and social media followers and friends in 2018.
How telehealth has improved employee satisfaction and the bottom line at Capital Senior Living
By
Lois A. Bowers
Sep 03, 2019
Capital Senior Living has seen a 400% increase in employee use of the telehealth benefit available through the company health plan.
Fidget spinners show promise in addressing dementia symptoms
By
Lois A. Bowers
Aug 13, 2017
An Ohio senior living community is finding that fidget spinners and cubes seem to produce a calming effect in those with Alzheimer’s disease and dementia.
Technology that detects falls helps reduce ED visits by 80 percent, study finds
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jul 17, 2019
An artificial intelligence-enabled camera system helped senior living communities reduce visits from emergency medical teams by 75% and visits to emergency departments by 80% by detecting falls among...
5 big issues in senior living in 2016
By
Lois A. Bowers
Dec 29, 2016
Looking back on our coverage of the senior living industry and the issues that affected it in 2016, several common themes emerge. Five are detailed in this year-end review.
Big senior living stories of 2020
By
Lois A. Bowers
Dec 22, 2020
A year ago, nobody in the U.S. senior living industry would have predicted that a pandemic would upend everyone’s personal and professional lives in 2020. But COVID-19 undoubtedly was the story of the...
‘Smart’ dresser under development could help those with dementia dress alone
By
Lois A. Bowers
May 02, 2018
A “smart” dresser that has been tested in the lab ultimately could help people with dementia get dressed with automated help and nobody else in the same room.
Nation’s second law for resident cameras in assisted living rooms gets closer
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jan 20, 2016
Utah could become only the second state to require that assisted living communities grant requests from residents or their representatives to operate or install cameras in resident rooms if a bill being...