A final rule issued Tuesday by the Federal Trade Commission will prohibit employers across the country from using noncompete agreements in most instances.
LeadingAge on Wednesday urged federal policymakers “to address the needs of older adults living in other congregate and community-based settings” in addition to the needs of nursing home residents...
Analysis: Senior living operators have leverage in efforts to save healthcare dollars
By
Lois A. Bowers
Mar 05, 2020
SAN DIEGO — A new analysis makes a case for senior living operators to leverage the value of their settings to work with payers and healthcare providers to improve resident health and save the healthcare...
Study finds ‘digital divide’ with internet use among older adults
By
Lois A. Bowers
Mar 19, 2020
Some older adults may be missing out on the health and wellness benefits that can result from internet use, according to the results of a newly published study, who noted a “digital divide.”
Older adults already are taking advantage of remote monitoring, smartphone apps and ambient computing to help them age in place, and they have the means to motivate technology companies to keep the innovations...
Residents’ chronic conditions could push operators to integrate care, housing: study
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Lois A. Bowers
Sep 15, 2022
WASHINGTON, DC — US senior living residents average more than a dozen chronic conditions each, and many residents use high-cost healthcare services, suggesting ways that operators can integrate care...
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Nov 21, 2019
EEOC hears testimony about pay data collection from employers … House holds hearing on resident health and safety in HUD housing … For residents with back pain and sleep disturbances, yoga...
Strength training can reduce mortality
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Lois A. Bowers
Apr 26, 2016
Older adults who participate in strength training twice a week lower their odds of dying compared with those who do not, and they even see benefits compared with those who participate in regular physical...
4 big issues for NCAL
By
Lois A. Bowers
Oct 06, 2015
National Center for Assisted Living leaders are watching an alphabet soup of policy and regulatory-related issues, which they detailed at an Oct. 6 session during the American Health Care Association/NCAL...