Efforts aim to educate healthcare professionals about assisted living
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jul 10, 2016
Assisted living communities are working to educate healthcare professionals and consumers about what they have to offer.
CDC report details assisted living community characteristics
By
Lois A. Bowers
Feb 23, 2016
A new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention sheds light on the characteristics of the 30,200 assisted living and similar residential care communities providing long-term care services....
No joke: Assisted living operators ‘twist in the wind’ while others are prioritized
By
Lois A. Bowers
Apr 04, 2022
Assisted living providers are being left to “twist in the wind” and possibly close facilities due to uncompensated COVID-19-related costs, while billions of dollars in relief are being earmarked for...
HHS OIG delays reports on assisted living, personal care
By
Lois A. Bowers
Dec 07, 2020
The Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General has delayed the publication of previously announced reports on assisted living and personal care services.
New Mexico least affordable for assisted living, New Jersey most expensive, analysis finds
By
Lois A. Bowers
Nov 29, 2021
New Mexico is the least affordable state for assisted living, and Utah is the most affordable, according to a new analysis by Seniorly that compares median income with cost in all 50 states and Washington,...
Argentum unveils 12 community standards
By
Lois A. Bowers
Dec 21, 2015
Argentum, formerly known as the Assisted Living Federation of America, has unveiled 12 standards that, beginning in January, its independent living, assisted living and memory care community members will...
REIT investments suggest a healthy future for senior living
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jul 31, 2017
Back-to-back earnings calls Friday morning suggested a healthy future for senior living operators, as two large public healthcare real estate investment trusts relayed the growing place that senior living...
GAO urges CMS to take action on assisted living recommendation
By
Lois A. Bowers
Apr 09, 2019
The Government Accountability Office on Monday urged the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to address a recommendation made in its January 2018 report on assisted living and said it would be monitoring...
CVS looks to assisted living for future Omnicare success after disappointing quarter
By
Lois A. Bowers
Aug 09, 2018
Assisted living figures prominently in the future plans that CVS Health executives shared Wednesday to improve performance in its Omnicare long-term care pharmacy business.
Tool may help address care, staffing challenges in assisted living
By
Lois A. Bowers
Aug 21, 2016
A intervention recently pilot-tested in private-pay home healthcare settings one day might help improve coordination of care, reduce hospitalizations and improve caregiver retention in assisted living,...