Adult children dread discussing senior living with aging parents: poll
By
Lois A. Bowers
Sep 14, 2016
The most-dreaded topic of discussion that adult children have regarding their aging parents involves the older adults’ perceived need for assisted living and long-term care, according to respondents...
Senior living costs
By
Lois A. Bowers
Apr 21, 2016
APRIL 20, 2016 — Senior living referral service A Place for Mom has released new data related to costs for independent living, assisted living and memory care across cities, regions and states.
Inventory growth knocks assisted living occupancy to lowest point since 2009
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jul 12, 2017
Occupancy rates for assisted living communities reached their lowest point in eight years in the second quarter, driven down by inventory growth that outpaced healthy absorption rates, according to data...
Sunday is deadline for assisted living operators to submit relief fund applications
By
Lois A. Bowers
Sep 11, 2020
Sunday is the deadline for assisted living operators and all others applying for funding under the Provider Relief Fund phase 2 general distribution allocation to begin the application process by submitting...
Senior living occupancy falls to all-time low, 80.7 percent: NIC
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jan 07, 2021
Occupancy at U.S. senior living communities — including independent living and assisted living communities — reached an all-time low of 80.7% in the fourth quarter of 2020, according to data released...
Recovering from emotional, economic effects of pandemic will dominate senior living in 2021
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jan 04, 2021
Virus-related matters will dominate the actions of senior living owners and operators for the time being, industry leaders told McKnight’s Senior Living.
Reporting COVID vaccination data to CMS would be ‘burdensome,’ ‘redundant’ for assisted living,...
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jul 14, 2021
Requiring assisted living providers to report weekly COVID-19 vaccination data to the federal government would add administrative and cost burdens to operators already challenged by the pandemic and even...
Increasing assisted living regulation is a trend, NCAL says
By
Lois A. Bowers
Oct 04, 2019
For the second year in a row, more than half of the states have changed their assisted living requirements, indicating a potential trend that the National Center for Assisted Living expects to continue,...
Survey: 85% of adults want active adult and assisted living communities nearby
By
Lois A. Bowers
Sep 27, 2018
Eighty-five percent of adults think it is important to have active adult communities, assisted living communities and communities with shared facilities and outdoor spaces where they live, according to...
Renewed calls for federal regulation of assisted living countered by some in aging services
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jun 24, 2019
Some who work in the aging services field once again are countering claims that federal regulation of assisted living is needed to standardize training and staffing requirements and help ensure quality...