Senior living trends: Prepare for historic changes in 2020
By
Craig Abbott
Jan 06, 2020
Like never before, senior living and care organizations are facing a time of great uncertainty. These trends will have significant bearing within the senior living space.
Big senior living stories of 2019
By
Lois A. Bowers
Dec 23, 2019
Here’s a look at some of the news that occupied many minds in senior living over the past year.
Independent, safe
By
John Hall
Oct 17, 2019
How communities are balancing residents’ security and privacy needs.
More than 80 percent of adults aged 50 to 80 have at least one concern about telehealth
By
Lois A. Bowers
Oct 01, 2019
Before benefits of telehealth can be realized, potential patients must be convinced of its value. A new national poll suggests that many aged 50 to 80 are not to that point.
Health system, payer telehealth efforts to be rated in new study
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jun 26, 2019
Health system and payer-led telehealth efforts will be rated when J.D. Power releases the results of its first study of consumer satisfaction with telehealth programs in November, the company announced...
For health and wellness technology, older adults want to learn from healthcare professionals
By
Lois A. Bowers
May 20, 2019
Unlike with other types of technology, older adults still “rely heavily” on physicians and other healthcare professionals for information about health and wellness-related technologies, according to...
New toolkit focuses on falls detection and prevention
Oct 19, 2018
The LeadingAge Center for Aging Services Technologies on Thursday introduced its first-ever toolkit devoted to safety technology — specifically, technology to detect or prevent falls — for use in...
Providers tell CMS to explore telehealth, care coordination, long-term care financing
By
Lois A. Bowers
Apr 24, 2018
Chronic care management via telehealth and remote monitoring, service coordination in affordable housing, and long-term care financing are some of the new directions that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid...
Pharmacists can play key roles in improving health outcomes for at-risk seniors
By
Orsula Knowlton, PharmD, MBA
Apr 12, 2018
Pharmacists have three evolving roles as a result of the drive toward value-based care.
Justice Department healthcare fraud recoveries top $2.4 billion in FY 2017
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jan 02, 2018
Settlements with Life Care Centers of America and eClinicalWorks marked two of the largest healthcare fraud-related recoveries by the federal government in the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, the Justice...