Challenges remain with senior living employee wellness plans
By
Lois A. Bowers
Dec 06, 2016
Wellness programs are one way that senior living organizations can help employees address their health issues, but some companies or their employees don’t see the value, according to a new survey...
Are you ready for an Alzheimer’s breakthrough?
By
Lois A. Bowers
Nov 20, 2017
Some treatments for Alzheimer’s may be available by 2020. If so, the U.S. healthcare system may not be prepared, according to a new study.
Aging misconceptions harmful, expert says
By
Lois A. Bowers
Oct 19, 2015
Misconceptions about aging and older adults must be overcome so that individuals and society can realize the benefits of longer life spans and increased quality of life. So says Laura L. Carstensen, Ph.D.,...
Three studies you can feel good about
By
Lois A. Bowers
Sep 24, 2018
A new study in seven senior living communities is trying to determine whether well-being can be cultivated in older adults through group sessions and activities. Other recent research has shown the power...
Direct care workforce solutions hampered by data gaps, GAO says
By
Lois A. Bowers
Sep 15, 2016
Policymakers will continue to be impeded in their ability to develop strategies to help ensure a sufficient number of qualified direct care workers unless the Department of Health and Human Services can...
Assisted living may become ‘more consequential’ in health system, Welltower CEO predicts
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jul 30, 2018
Assisted living and memory care “may become more consequential” in the healthcare system, and the recent complex deal involving Welltower, ProMedica Health System and HCR ManorCare “is...
Partnerships critical to serving middle-income older adults, NIC speakers say
By
Lois A. Bowers
Mar 06, 2020
Panelists discussed how to cost-effectively deliver healthcare to middle-income older adults in senior housing on Thursday at the NIC Spring Conference.
HHS says new rule allows healthcare workers, organizations to honor religious and moral principles in...
By
Lois A. Bowers
May 03, 2019
Individual healthcare workers as well as healthcare organizations can decline to provide care that conflicts with their religious and moral beliefs or mission under a final rule issued Thursday by the...
What makes a senior living community the ‘best’
May 11, 2022
More than 1,200 senior living communities operated by more than 80 companies were named “best” May 10 with the announcement of the inaugural U.S. News & World Report Best Senior Living ratings. U.S....
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...