In response to my blog last week, I heard from several readers who shared the creative actions their senior living communities are taking to keep residents healthy and active socially, physically and cognitively.
McKnight’s Senior Living website, newsletter, writing lauded
Jun 20, 2016
McKnight’s Senior Living has earned three Awards of Excellence in the 2016 APEX Awards competition, which recognizes outstanding editorial content, graphic design and overall communications.
Two California assisted living communities lose licenses
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Lois A. Bowers
Feb 21, 2016
Two communities that reportedly had accumulated many citations have lost their licenses. One operator had felony convictions, and another evicted a resident without advance notice, according to the state’s...
People in the news, March 5
Mar 05, 2019
Appointments and promotions at Atlas Senior Living, Benchmark Senior Living, Bethesda Health Group, Cadence Living, Charter Senior Living, Discovery Senior Living, Eldermark Software, Erickson Living,...
Senior living needs COVID-19 tests, too, Argentum tells HHS as Ohio issues mandate
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Lois A. Bowers
Aug 24, 2020
Nursing homes aren’t the only long-term care settings that need testing capabilities amid the coronavirus pandemic, Argentum President and CEO James Balda said a day after HHS announced it would be sending...
Mother-daughter duo arrested for reportedly defrauding Medicaid of $106,000 for services not provided...
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Lois A. Bowers
Sep 26, 2022
A mother-daughter duo has been arrested in Florida for allegedly defrauding the Medicaid program of more than $106,000 by billing for psycho-social rehabilitation services they did not provide to six assisted...
Former caregiver gets six-month sentence after resident’s freezing death
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Lois A. Bowers
Nov 16, 2017
A former caregiver at a Michigan assisted living and memory care community was sentenced to six months in prison Tuesday for her role in the death of a resident with dementia who froze to death after exiting...
Employee jailed after colleague reports ‘lap dance’ with 100-year-old resident
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Lois A. Bowers
Feb 21, 2017
An employee of an Ohio senior living community was jailed on Friday after a colleague reported that the woman had simulated a “lap dance” with a 100-year-old male resident with dementia. Cellphone...
Investors Real Estate Trust plans 2017 exit from seniors housing
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Lois A. Bowers
Sep 01, 2016
Investors Real Estate Trust plans to complete its exit from the seniors housing arena in 2017 when $236 million in sales agreements for 27 properties close, the real estate investment trust announced late...
NAHB names finalists for 2016 Best of 55+ Housing Awards
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Lois A. Bowers
Dec 07, 2015
Independent and assisted living communities as well as CCRCs are among the finalists selected from entries representing projects, marketing efforts, lifestyle offerings and corporate and individual efforts...