Study: 80% of nurses don’t adhere to infection prevention precautions
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jan 24, 2016
More than 80% of ambulatory care nurses — the type of nurses who might visit a senior living community to provide care for residents — do not adhere to all of the standard precautions for infection...
CareTrust REIT hasn’t ‘written off’ senior living, CEO says
By
Lois A. Bowers
Nov 10, 2022
CareTrust REIT’s investment pipeline consists primarily of skilled nursing and behavioral health properties right now rather than senior living communities, Chief Investment Officer Mark Lamb said Wednesday...
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...
‘Stay tuned’ as Welltower devises more affordable products for the middle market, CEO says
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jun 06, 2019
Although Welltower has “curated” its seniors housing portfolio to focus on properties in “high barrier-to-entry markets,” the real estate investment trust is aware that middle-income individuals...
Cutting LTSS funding would be ‘penny wise and pound foolish,’ Collins says
By
Lois A. Bowers
Apr 27, 2017
Federal budget cuts proposed by the Trump administration that affect the delivery of long-term services and supports “are really pennywise and pound foolish, because in the end they’re going...
Black and Hispanic older adults in ‘Forgotten Middle’ are ‘worst off’
By
Lois A. Bowers
Feb 16, 2024
Trends in home ownership and equity, income, health and other issues indicate that millions of middle-income Black, Hispanic or rural older adults may not have the financial resources they need to pay...
Promote flu vaccination among staff, residents, health officials say
By
Lois A. Bowers
Sep 17, 2015
This year’s vaccine should be more effective than last year’s vaccine, health officials said at a Sept. 17 press conference, and senior living communities have an important role to play in...
421,000 COVID tests headed to assisted living communities from the federal government
By
Lois A. Bowers
Nov 17, 2020
The federal government will send more than 421,000 rapid-results antigen COVID-19 tests to assisted living communities this week, Admiral Brett P. Giroir, M.D., assistant secretary for health at the U.S....
Aegis Living sees personalized medicine as the future, CEO says
By
Lois A. Bowers
Apr 28, 2020
Aegis Living CEO Dwayne Clark recently shared details of the company’s future plans related to health and wellness in an exclusive interview with McKnight’s Senior Living.
Senior living organization, nursing school collaboration ‘breaks new ground’
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jul 26, 2016
A new collaboration between a senior living organization and a nursing school, launched with a $1.2 million gift, aims to improve the health of older adults, educate students about the elderly, and conduct...