Memory care certification launches for assisted living communities
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jul 12, 2023
The Joint Commission, in collaboration with the Alzheimer’s Association, has launched a memory care certification program for assisted living communities.
Care, training improvements coming so ‘tragic events…never happen again’
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jul 10, 2023
Some Colorado assisted living providers are under an unflattering spotlight from an article in the general media, but a senior living advocate tells McKnight’s Senior Living that the industry already...
CMS’ spending requirement in HCBS rule ‘not the right approach,’ senior living advocates say
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jul 06, 2023
A proposal that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services says is meant to “support and stabilize the direct care workforce” in home- and community-based settings, if it becomes final, ultimately...
Dollars spent on HCBS go further than those spent on nursing homes, study finds
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Lois A. Bowers
Jun 29, 2023
Older adults are not “drawn out of the woodwork” to try to qualify for Medicaid benefits when a state expands home- and community-based services, according to the findings of a new study.
Granger Cobb Institute Director Nancy Swanger, PhD, discusses building bridges to the future
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Lois A. Bowers
Jun 27, 2023
Nancy Swanger, PhD, is the founding director of the Granger Cobb Institute for Senior Living and an associate professor in the School of Hospitality Business Management in the Carson College of Business...
VA supports assisted living pilot program for veterans — with conditions
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Lois A. Bowers
Jun 22, 2023
The US Department of Veterans Affairs supports legislation that would create a pilot program enabling some veterans to have their care needs met in an assisted living community rather than in a VA home,...
LTC Properties to sell half of its Brookdale Senior Living communities
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Lois A. Bowers
May 01, 2023
LTC Properties plans to sell approximately half of the 35 Brookdale Senior Living communities it owns and re-lease the other half, Chief Investment Officer and Co-President Clint Malin said Friday during...
Updated: CMS proposes mandatory quality measures, other changes to HCBS program
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Lois A. Bowers
Apr 27, 2023
Some quality measures for home- and community-based services would become mandatory under a proposed rule announced Thursday by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Several other changes related...
Marilynn Duker to receive 2023 McKnight’s Women of Distinction Lifetime Achievement Award
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Lois A. Bowers
Apr 13, 2023
Marilynn Duker, co-chair of Brightview Senior Living, has been selected as this year’s Lifetime Achievement Award winner in the McKnight’s Women of Distinction program.
Invesque CEO Scott White is on a mission to make the world happier, one smile at a time
By
Lois A. Bowers
Apr 03, 2023
When he’s not working as chairman and CEO of Fishers, IN-based healthcare real estate company Invesque, you might find Scott White speaking to a group about his new book, “The Life Is Too Short Guy:...